View Poll Results: Install Lowering Springs Yourself or Take It To A Shop To Have Done?
Install springs yourself.
63
63.00%
Have someone else install the springs.
37
37.00%
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Should you install lowering springs yourself?
#1
11-08-2008, 05:40 PM
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Clarks Summit, PA
Posts: 972
Should you install lowering springs yourself?
I've wanted to see a poll for this for a while. After reading a handful of DIYs it looks pretty straight forward. I could probably manage to do it with my basic tools.
I'm looking at Progress 40.106, Tanabe DF210, T1R S-Coil, or Eibach Pro.
Also thinking about 16x7 WORK EMOTION CR Kai +44 offset in semi-gloss black with red decals and lugs.
I'm looking at Progress 40.106, Tanabe DF210, T1R S-Coil, or Eibach Pro.
Also thinking about 16x7 WORK EMOTION CR Kai +44 offset in semi-gloss black with red decals and lugs.
Last edited by Fat Ping Cat; 11-08-2008 at 05:46 PM.
#3
11-08-2008, 06:26 PM
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Clarks Summit, PA
Posts: 972
That's cool.
The last DIY I read was by Tofuman. I like this one the best so far.
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...07-08-gd3.html
The last DIY I read was by Tofuman. I like this one the best so far.
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...07-08-gd3.html
#4
11-08-2008, 06:35 PM
did em myself with a friend for commentary purposes in my driveway used a jack and jackstands to keep the hubs up to prevent axle popping lol... took about an hour since we kept taking breaks cuz it was hot as hell.. easiest car to lower by far.. rear was rediculously quick.. im on skunk2 btw
#5
11-08-2008, 07:24 PM
Tofu has a good write up. For a different reference, I used this one. Updated tutorial on installing lowering springs
#7
11-09-2008, 01:27 AM
Installing them is pretty easy with a DIY guide on hand...
...with that said anybody who wants to do this for the first time be STRONGLY ADVISED TO SUPPORT THE LUG NUTS WITH A JACKSTAND!!! If you let he assembly fall outwards it will pull the CV joint and it can be anywhere from a 10 minute task to put it back all the way to a 3 hour nightmare depending on just how lucky you get!
Just mentioning this because I have heard it happening to lots of people... it happened to me by accident when I bumped the stand out of place on my last spring install... seriously a time consuming pain in the ass to put back together. I would almost say that it would be prudent to install a bungee cord wrapped around the CV axle and then hooked back to the car so that it holds it in there no matter what unforeseen circumstance occurs.
...with that said anybody who wants to do this for the first time be STRONGLY ADVISED TO SUPPORT THE LUG NUTS WITH A JACKSTAND!!! If you let he assembly fall outwards it will pull the CV joint and it can be anywhere from a 10 minute task to put it back all the way to a 3 hour nightmare depending on just how lucky you get!
Just mentioning this because I have heard it happening to lots of people... it happened to me by accident when I bumped the stand out of place on my last spring install... seriously a time consuming pain in the ass to put back together. I would almost say that it would be prudent to install a bungee cord wrapped around the CV axle and then hooked back to the car so that it holds it in there no matter what unforeseen circumstance occurs.
#8
11-09-2008, 02:13 AM
i did my skunk2 springs by myself and in the rain. damn you washington weather!!!
its the simplest car to lower. i would roll on the progress springs too because of the even drop and nice ride unless you want something more stiff then go with the skunk2.
its the simplest car to lower. i would roll on the progress springs too because of the even drop and nice ride unless you want something more stiff then go with the skunk2.
#9
11-09-2008, 08:25 AM
I'm installing my Vogtland's with a buddy tomorrow using a chassis lift (yay for having free lifts on base). Gonna use Tofu's DIY and this hondafittuner.com one also. Thanks BlueCell 
#10
11-09-2008, 07:29 PM
seriously the easiest car to lower ever, undo two top bolts on rear shocks and whole rear axle drops down and springs fall out. ridiculously simple. the fronts are super easy too. Mine took under 45 minutes for all 4 on a lift in 95 degree weather with no fan. I was drippin sweat without a fan even though its easy. It's more work to swap taillights. Its like geico, so easy a caveman can do it
#11
11-09-2008, 08:21 PM
the rears seem ridiculously quick and simple. The fronts are where I'm gonna have to use my head a bit...
#12
11-09-2008, 08:31 PM
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Clarks Summit, PA
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not even really a matter of it being so complicated.. you just have to be careful to not let the axle pop out
#13
11-10-2008, 11:45 AM
Do it, it makes it that much better when you drive around and remember that you did it yourself.
#14
11-10-2008, 12:04 PM
that hondafittuner.com tutorial is pretty good. you could use that one or my tutorial. but i highly recommend using the torque specs i listed on my tutorial.
good luck on the install. support the hub/lower arm with a jackstand and some wire or a small rope and you'll be just fine. just try not to move the hub much.
good luck on the install. support the hub/lower arm with a jackstand and some wire or a small rope and you'll be just fine. just try not to move the hub much.
#15
11-10-2008, 06:39 PM
what about a chassis lift. Can I loosen all the lugs and raise the car up and take off all the wheels and do them one by one starting in the rear? Or is it better to actually use jackstands?
#17
11-11-2008, 02:53 PM
I just raised the car up with a lift, unbolted top nuts in the rear on the shocks, and put stands under the rear wheels and lowered the lift to pop it back in, and the fronts, same thing, put a stand under the front wheel, and do one side at a time. You are more likely to pop a cv out if you pull both sides because theres a lil more play. Seriously a monkey could install suspension on this car
