install tien basic coilovers
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It takes a bit of work to deal with it, and some people get stuck doing the rear endlinks. I rather pay for a shop who did in 1.5 hrs vs me and a friend about 4-5 hours.
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so i finished putting my tien basic suspension today. turned out pretty good. i will have a few pics up tomorrow or tuesday once i do the alignment at skoo and get it cleaned up.
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^ well if you got the money... what I did was buy all reused OEM parts like the top hat and all the bolts and washers, and I just put them on the Basics. Then I just popped the stock struts out and these in. No need for a spring compressor or anything. ALl the parts will run about 200 though...I did it so I can keep all the parts in one assembly. for both sets of suspension.
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^ well if you got the money... what I did was buy all reused OEM parts like the top hat and all the bolts and washers, and I just put them on the Basics. Then I just popped the stock struts out and these in. No need for a spring compressor or anything. ALl the parts will run about 200 though...I did it so I can keep all the parts in one assembly. for both sets of suspension.
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I had a couple hiccups but could redo the install in 2 hrs or so... longer without air tools... shorter with a helper... I am no pro, so I am sure you can do the install just fine with proper tools and some common sense.
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well i did use the stock stuff but i didnt use a spring compressor. didnt really need one. but if u have never done it u might want to get one. and probly best to have a friend help out it will be alot easier. um.....best thing i can say is jus take ur time
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You only need a spring compressor if you're installing separate shocks and springs. Unless you had to take the stock suspension apart for parts?
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yup yup. it really wasnt that bad. the rears i jus took out all the way and flipped it upside down and undid it. but there was not that much tension on the spring so it was not a big deal.
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well i left the 3 top nuts in under the hood for the strut mount. then i undid the y peice that the bottom of the shock goes into. i got that out of the way then i undid the nut for the strut rod. i left the strut mount bolted to the car i never took that off. but i also unhooked the link part for the sway bar cause that was getting in my way. i was going to take pics but i could not find my camera. but it was pretty easy.for me atleast
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So I installed my basics successfully but my rear clunks now and I can't figure out whats wrong with it. All the top bolts are tight, the endlinks are tight, everything is nice and tight yet it still clunks when the road gets a little bumpy. Any ideas?
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Well in the rear passenger I couldn't get the bottom of the shock out so I started loosening both ends of the endlink (which was unnecessary) and I only tightened one side up and totally forgot about the other, oops
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