To those of you who have put struts/springs on your sixth gen do you have any tips? I have lowered many fourth gens, a second gen, and a fifth gen but I have never worked on a sixth gen. Any advice? I will be doing this on Sat. It is my understanding that the rear set up is different from all other gen's. Any tips would be appreciated. I have a compressor and all the tools (unless there is some wierd tool requiered) to do this, just looking for advice particular to the sixth gen.

 

The rear has no struts, just seperate springs and shocks.

 

so you just jack the rear and pull the old springs and put the new ones on then set the car down....like a truck? Then the shocks are just one bolt on either end I take it? Sounds easy...let me know if I am missing something.

 

Like a finely-tuned sports sedan.

 

I thought whatever you buy should come with intructions? I know Active Tuning has directions on how to install their struts and shocks.
The rear is Multi-Link Independent making it different.

 

One tip I have for the front is to jack up both sides of the car. This takes the weight off the suspension and you won't have to battle with it to come out of there. Also you don't have to compress the new spring to put it back in. The whole job should take less than 3 house.

 

Everything I have purchased does not come with instructions, other than it saying take the old stuff off and put the new on. The only paper in my D2 box was a sticker. My S/T springs just had some warranty stuff, and my eibach's had a warranty card. That's why I was asking for tips, if there are directions then that would help. Just trying to get preped so I can do a good job and get is knocked out as quick as possible.

Also hamy, I hope it does not take 3 houses
And when I have done suspension in the past I always do the rear at the same time...and then the front at the same time...I put one half on jack stands at a time.

 

make sure you don't cut the coils on any springs or else it would not sit properly on the cup. I changed mine last week on the local shop around here. It's my 2nd one (the 1st one I cut! What a dumb move!) and it's been working OK. The whole installation took only 30 minutes (car was hoise-lifted).

 

I think the only reason it took so long for me is because I was working alone in a friends one car garage. I don't personally have any tools to do the work so I was just basic stuff. I'm going to take the Koni/Eibachs off this winter because of all the noise but it sure does look good.

 

is that the koni/eibach set up that that company (forget the name) makes for the sixth gen? Are all people getting noise out of this set up.

 

active tuning is the company. i have the same setup with the same noise problem.

 

yeah that is the same set up I will be doing this weekend. Have you guys pinpointed what is making the noise? Is this in the front or rear? How bad is it?

 

For the front, I also would recommend jacking up both wheels and putting the front on jack stands, you can then remove both at a level angle, and remove all stress from the struts. Some people said they have removed / reinstalled the springs without spring compressors, I used them an recommend a set. (Better to have them and not need them, than too need them and not have them) Also have something to provide support for the wheel once the strut is removed, so you don't put too much stress on the front brake lines. The strut plates also have directional arrows facing out, make sure you turn them correctly or I suspect you may fall victim to the popping sound some people are experiencing.

Rear is easy, recommend jack the whole rear up, place on jack stands, then use your jack to slightly compress the spring to get the retaining bolt out, swap the springs and use your jack again to compress to get your bolt alignment back. Done...

Fronts took me about 30-40 minutes a piece, rears where about 15 minutes each. You may be faster, but I'm older and tend to drink beer in between.

Good luck...

 

Front, I have had ZERO popping noise and mine have been on for over a year...

 

the car will defintly be on stands, and I will have the wheels off so I should not need anything extra to hold the wheels up.

 

What I mean is the wheel mounting assembly/rotors. The Eibach instructions say to remove the 2 retaining clips that hold the brake line and once the front struts are removed they will move downward, just a precaution...

 

its easy..

the front:

you will have to take off the whole assembly and use spring compressors to take off/on the new spring

the rear:

the spring is on a seperate metal plate, you won't have to touch the shock at all.. there is a bolt you take off and the plate will come down allowing the spring to come down and out..
**as a precaution, use a jack to lower the plate down SLOWLY or the spring can let loose too quick and cause injury**

also, if you are installing shocks for the rear that are adjustable, make sure you adjust them to where you want them cause after installation you will not be able to adjust them after that. you will see why if you do it..

 

cool, thanks for the tips

 

wow!!! That was fun! I did this on sat. along with the boone's help. The part that gave us the most trouble was me breaking one of the mounting bolts on the top, having to drill it out and then put another bolt in . If that would have not happened the biggest pain was the bottom bolt that holds the shock was a pain. The bottom of the AGX was not angled just like the stock shock so it made it really hard to get the bolt back thru. Anyway the car is lowered and the rears were a pain....we zipped thru the fronts. I have not ridden in the car since it has been lowered so boone will have to post his reactions.

 

OK boone, give us the 411...

 

I guess you deleted some of your reply, but it came thru to my email. Anyway, did you put in aftermarket shocks in the rear? The knuckle sits on an an angle and the agx bottom is straight, and it seemed to be more narrow than the stock shock (if that makes sense)....the hammer came in handy

 

Well, right now I'm loving the improved handling. I have to make some adjustments to the front struts though to get them to properly compliment the ride in the back. I've had zero noises so far. Pics will be coming soon. Thanks again Carson.

 

what setup do you have boone?

 

Eibach springs and koni/kyb struts/shocks.

 

lol...i just got your reply in the other thread.... hope you don't have noise problem in the front. i didn't have any problems until a week later when my springs settled

 

Here is a side profile showing before and after.

Before:

After:

 

HOTNESS ................

 

yea Boone, that set up is sick bro......... those chromies stick out on that black paint, looks good..

 

what kinda wheels are those boone?

 

Zinik Adrians

Thanks for the compliments guys.

 

looks great. We are the newest members of the "dropped club." Im loving it!!!