PwrdbyAcura

how do u intstall lowering springs. I just bought a 97 V6 accrod eibach pro-kit and i want to intall it myself. Are there any sites that give directions?

Woodsdaddy

You should be able to find it by doing a search on the web. The only hard part is getting the bolts off.

CLUofI

it may also be worth your time and effort to take it some where and have them do it. there is no way i ever could have done it.

clxtreme

I don't mean to scare you but my friend who is a mechanic told me that if you don't have the right equipment or if you are not carefull, when you try to take the bolts off the springs might shoot out. So carefull with that.

HeavyP_RENAMED

if you are somewhat mechanically inclined, it is easy.

my buddy and i did a shock/spring install in 2 hrs.

You need some basic hand tools and a spring compressor. You can borrow the spring compressor for free at pepboys.

good luck.

NoGa

The only springs that will shoot out are the front ones and they aren't to bad. The trick is to aim the shock at the wall when loosening the bolt. Other then that the whole process is pretty easy unless your bolts are seized then thats a totally different story.

1StGenCL

HeavyP and NoGa would you mind posting some step by step instructions because i want to do this too thanks

HeavyP_RENAMED

ugh.....off the top of my head......

1. jack up the front and remove wheels
2. remove nuts and bolts at top and bottom of shock/spring assembly
3. detach brak line from shock/spring assembly
4. compress springs
5. undo the "hat" part of shock spring assembly with wrench and allen wrench
6. take spring out, take off compressor, compress new spring, put everything back together the same way.

do the other side, then do the rear........sounds easy...can be easy or a bitch depending on u

moforose3.0

Does anybody have any pics of an install, I was thinking about doing it myself if it doesnt look that hard.

PwrdbyAcura

my friend is only 15 and he installed a turbo on a type R integra by himself and a eibach pro kit. I think ill let him do it for me, hes mechanically inlined enough to handle this job. The best part is he will do it for free.

ModedGen1CL

very very easy to install springs my friends and I did 2 civics and an integra and they all took a little under 2 hrs to install