slo-down2.2

My friends and I started working on my car at 6:00 pm, Friday night, quit at 11:00. Began work at Noon Satruday, and finished up at 5:00 pm. Had major problems with the car!! The front drivers side main strut bolt was on so tight, it took two hours to get it lose. In the back, where the strut connects to the lower control arm, (the main connection) both of the bolts would not come out, and we just ended up breaking the heads off, and drilling the centers out...Is there something I missed? are the back bolts reverse thread...or just old. we tried both ways.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...................... drop looks nice though....need alighnment real bad.

Katies99CL

sheesh...yah, drops take forever...it's worth 120 bucks not to deal with that shit

97Acura3.0CL

baka_t

My drops only take an hour. I learned some tricks because I keep changing my suspension on my car. I'll never be happy with it till i get air ride.

Mike 350Z

I'm guessing you didn't have air tools? I wouldnt even have attempted the install myself if i didnt have the air gun.

wilp99

i did it without an air gun but i did have a wall mounted spring compressor. took me like 1.5 hours

baka_t

The wall mount spring compressor will save you valueable time.

dustbuster4

An air compressor wouldn't have done shit during the 3 CLs I helped dropped (except break the bolts off faster). I've helped lower mine, dajuice27's, and BigBrother's, and we attempted to lower swclown's, and EVERY CL had at least one of those rear, lower shock mounting bolts snap!

Once those fuckers are rusted, they ain't coming out!

The price we pay for living in a northern climate (rain/snow/salt).

DrDre1443

10 hours ain't nothing!


when i get mine, it'll take me 2 weeks of breaking shit and cussin

dennis

Ahhhhh I love my air tools...

DrDre1443

dennis, what's a good power level (tq.) to get for air tools and was there a certain grouped set you got? like brand name?

dennis

Correction: they're not "my" tools. I use the military auto hobby shop. I'm not sure what kind they have. Any basic air gun will be good. They don't usually run more than $200. Obviously, you have to by 1/2" drivers and a air compressor. For everything you need, (i.e. various metric sockets, impact gun, hose, compressor, heavy duty jack) it should run about ~$800. If money isn't an issue, buy snap-on tools.

slo-down2.2

we had spring compressors, and plenty of air tools....like dustbuster said...it doesn't matter once they rust. and Dre..sorry about the 2 weeks thing...I will not complain again.

wilp99

to the base hobby shop

slo-down2.2

when the bolts broke, did you guys drill them out, or build new bushings for the rear strut connection?

97CLgenius

I was gonna ask if you had impact guns, but I see you did, not sure why you were having such a hard time. Did you spray some solvant on there to soak into the rusted bolts?

doctork

one of mine was frozen up when i did mine it was the rear passanger side i tourched it out mine took 2 days because of that

dajuice27

Damn I miss the hobby shops. I changed my first tranny in a Mustang there, and done major work while paying absolutely nothing for the use of tools, lifts, advice, oilk recycling and other stuff. Dennis you are one lucky man!