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Siberia
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 09:03 |
yeh the back ones are held in place by the travel of yer shocks so once u undo the bolts the rear beam can travel alot further and the springs actually fall out.
took me 20 mins in the dark to do the back ones
[Edited on 29-03-2004 by Siberia]
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L330wnz
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:52 |
back ones are the easiest from wot I saw when my mate done it, it looked like a matta of jacking it up, undo some bolts and they kinda drop out if that makes sense!? :boggle: :D
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Paul H
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:42 |
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Originally posted by Siberia
it would kill me to pay sumone £80
its all just nuts and bolts lads nuthin difficult really :look:
same here mate took me just over an hour to do all four springs.the back only takes 20 minutes max
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Siberia
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:39 |
it would kill me to pay sumone £80
its all just nuts and bolts lads nuthin difficult really :look:
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Paul H
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:34 |
quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
not to sure about a corsa c but i'm sure all cars are sumwat simular.
make sure us havee the proper tools(spring compressor and spanners.)
jack up front of car support on axel stands
take off wheels
undo the 2 nuts and bolts that hold the struts to the hubs
then undo the nuts on the tops of the struts in the engine comparment.
take strut out of the ground put spring compressors onto spring and compress them.
Take off the the top of the strut and remove spring.
put new spring onto strut(u may need the compress it to get the cap back on.
then just do everything in reverse.
on the back jack up the car put on axel stands
then use ure jack under the rear beam to support it
undo the bottom shock bolts and then lower the rear beam so that u can get the springs out.
then put new springs in (make sure to put the right one in the right side and the left one in the left side)
raise the rear beam back up with your jack and put the bolts back into shocks
this is all on a corsa B
C maybe different but it cant be that different
[Edited on 28-03-2004 by Siberia]
:thumbs: spot on except on the c you have to undo the anti roll bar that joins onto the strut apart from that exactly right...also you dont need the compressors to put the springs back on they just slot on:thumbs:
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L330wnz
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:34 |
yer £80 at least round ere, some guy got quoted £150..lmao :lol:
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Noonster
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:30 |
Around where I live the garages wanted £80 to fit the springs :! :!
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L330wnz
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:13 |
I got my mate who's a mechanic to fit my 40mm Apex springs, fitted new front brake pads too...all for £30!! :D bargain!
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Siberia
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 08:10 |
lazy bugers :lol:
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Noonster
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posted on 29th Mar 04 at 07:58 |
Chris - defo get the garage to do it mate :thumbs:
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Siberia
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posted on 28th Mar 04 at 21:36 |
not to sure about a corsa c but i'm sure all cars are sumwat simular.
make sure us havee the proper tools(spring compressor and spanners.)
jack up front of car support on axel stands
take off wheels
undo the 2 nuts and bolts that hold the struts to the hubs
then undo the nuts on the tops of the struts in the engine comparment.
take strut out of the ground put spring compressors onto spring and compress them.
Take off the the top of the strut and remove spring.
put new spring onto strut(u may need the compress it to get the cap back on.
then just do everything in reverse.
on the back jack up the car put on axel stands
then use ure jack under the rear beam to support it
undo the bottom shock bolts and then lower the rear beam so that u can get the springs out.
then put new springs in (make sure to put the right one in the right side and the left one in the left side)
raise the rear beam back up with your jack and put the bolts back into shocks
this is all on a corsa B
C maybe different but it cant be that different
[Edited on 28-03-2004 by Siberia]
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mwg
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posted on 28th Mar 04 at 21:26 |
quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
that dont seem bad, but i dont have £40 for them to do it :(
i may as well try do it myself.
If u arent sure then u should always leave it to the pros IMO
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chris_uk
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posted on 28th Mar 04 at 20:13 |
that dont seem bad, but i dont have £40 for them to do it :(
i may as well try do it myself.
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jrsteeve
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posted on 28th Mar 04 at 19:53 |
I got a garage to do it for me £10 a corner.
Good luck mate.
James
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chris_uk
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posted on 28th Mar 04 at 19:45 |
ok i got the springs 2day.
can anyone explain how to fit these?
my dad says they are easy but i have no idea were to start. can someone tell me how to do it?
-40mm apex lowering springs.
cheers chris,
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