lou_RENAMED

I need to get my 02' back to stock form and I need to get my Comptech springs out as cheap as possible because the car is going to the dealer doesn't even need alignment. come on guys the sooner I get this done the sooner Ill be in my 03'

I am RobG

how much free time do you have?

lou_RENAMED

Im free right now till all night I got a letter from the dealer assuring me they will give me $22K for my car as long as its not crashed and back to stock form. Ill take off tommorrow if we can get it done I would really like to pic up my car this weekend so if I can get this done today or tommorrow Ill pick up my car Sat

I am RobG

well i'm not free now i'm workin till 430, then i'm going to the gym at 6. i can probably do it for you saturday morning, if you do some of the prelims now, like already have the backseat out and give me all the sizes of the nuts

lou_RENAMED

back seat piece of cake I don't know what nuts your talking about. Rob I appreciate the favor but I have no clue of how difficult it is to install or uninstall these parts and if its too difficult Ill just pay. I mean I did the install of the headers and boy if I had to do it again Ill just pay somebody that has a lift....me and Titand19 did it but it knocked us out bigtime. If you think its a piece of cake no problem but if its gonna stress you and me out the $200 is not a killer. Thanks bro

Titand19

Damn Lou, I wish I was home, I'd do it anytime. Of course when I'm home I have nothing to do. I'll be home next week, but you'll probably have them off by then.

I am RobG

i lowered my car and doing it with hand tools and a stock jack it took me 6 hours. Now i have a floor jack and an impact wrench it'll take half that...oh pick up spring compressors too

P.S.-i also had the nut from hell, that wouldn't come off and ended up stripping the bolt, that killed about an horu and a half...plus it was also 11 at night and i was tired

lou_RENAMED

Thanks Titand19 I know bro you hooked it up for the headers

Cool RobG so are we doing this SAT. that would be perfect for me. o and where can I pick up a spring compressor can i get one from PEPBoys and stores like that. This is awesome now Im gonna learn how to do suspensions.

chikai

you can ususally rent a spring compressor from Pep boys. If you do make sure you get the one with ends that latches over the spring coils.

Also you will need a ball joint removal tool. Or something to knock the upper ball joint mount out of the socket.

Good luck...it's mucho fun taking a Honda apart. I did springs for my Integra and my CL...real easy to do...

these instructions should tell you what sockets you need: http://www.acura-tl.com/faq.htm#3c

I am RobG

nah for ball joint removal i just knocked it out with the wrench

beerknurd

It took me 8 hrs and I did have a compressor and jack stands. I've never done anything like this before. ruined my manicure. I bet I could do it in 4-5 hours now though. Spent 2 hours trying to get the rear lower control arm on. figured out using another jack to get it in place and it went on in 1 min. took me about 2 hours to figure that out.

I am RobG

nah it was pretty easy for me, except the nut from hell

lou_RENAMED

So Rob are we a go for Saturday I'll take my backseat out I'll get the spring compressor, I'll also print out the instructions that were posted on the TL forum just in case. I really don't know where you live if you PM me Ill map quest. Thanks bro we are gonna have so much fun at E-town now that I can give you some competition

dude did you sell the pioneer unit that you had I want to see it personally cause Im going system with the 6 speeder since it already has the speed.

darrinb

wtf this seems very long, i went to a shop to get an estimation on installation of springs, this guy said he can do it in 1.5 hours , 2 hrs max. is this possible???

I am RobG

its a lot easier then you have a lift, torque wrench and every tool you need

brianlin87

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sidemarker

man some of you guys are way too nice

springs take a long time and its pretty tedious.

i would rather do the whole i/h/e install all over again then do springs!

sidemarker

I am RobG

obviously you've never done headers on a CL. intake and exhaust yeah that takes an hour total, headers are a pain in the ass. Besides doing this shit is what i enjoy, it relaxes me regardless of how frustrated i get