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Question about rear spring/shock install.

Old Apr 21, 2001 | 11:49 PM
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I have completed the install of my KYB GR-2s and Ground Control coilovers in the front of my 96 GXE 5Speed. i was just wondering how what sort of difficulty level the rear install is compared to the front install. significantly harder, slightly harder, the same, easier, wayyyy easier? any special info that would help me when i do this on monday? thanks in advance guys.

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Old Apr 21, 2001 | 11:58 PM
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Originally posted by Nealoc187
I have completed the install of my KYB GR-2s and Ground Control coilovers in the front of my 96 GXE 5Speed. i was just wondering how what sort of difficulty level the rear install is compared to the front install. significantly harder, slightly harder, the same, easier, wayyyy easier? any special info that would help me when i do this on monday? thanks in advance guys.

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The rear is a bit easier for a few reasons, one of which is there is only one 17mm bolt holding the strut to the car. Also I did not need to use a spring compressor on the rear springs. You will need to climb into your trunk and bend the carpet and trunk liner out of the way to gain ascess to the RSTB. Ohh yeah the struts are a lot easier to allign to the car. I did each rear spring in about a 1/2 hour and it took me about a hour for each front spring swap.
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