any tips for installing lowering bolts..?

ChargedC6 · 03-03-2008, 06:22 PM

I just got started installing the rear lowering bolts any tips to make it easy. i did a search didnt really find anything usefull. thanks

rastarajah · 03-03-2008, 06:31 PM

Jack it up, take off the wheel, unbolt the sway bar, unbolt the shock from the top, unbolt the LCA from the ball join on the spindle.

pop it down, use another jack, put it on the spindle and jack it up. Higher it as you please to give you enough clearance to get the bolt out/in.

That's how I did mine. The rear is more difficult than the front, good luck.

jcb5565 · 03-03-2008, 07:37 PM

Don't forget to use jack stands.

codename Bil Doe · 03-03-2008, 08:16 PM

Do like rasta says and shouldn't take you more than 1.5hr. Mark your camber bolts and don't worry about popping the LCA's cuz you're going to have to get an alignment anyways.

ChargedC6 · 03-03-2008, 09:00 PM

well that was a hell of alot easier then i thought it was gonna be just went and drove around for 30 minutes or so and looks like it settled down pretty good. i left the new bolts about with about a 1/4 of an inch from the leaf spring.

i used 2 jacks and jack stands raised the car, took off the shock, sway bar, and Upper control arm(the bottom was impossible to seperate from the ball joint without ripping the boot), then took a bottle neck jack and put it as far up on the leaf spring as possible raising it untill just before it started to lift the car and the stock bolts came right out very easy. The stock front ones go low enough so im not going to do those it scrapes on everything already.

thanks for the advice guys!