Ry_B
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About how long will it take for 2 people with a fair bit of car knowledge, although never tried lowering before? Is it an easy job?
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abdus
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following this:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=205259
won't be difficult i guess
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Rileysport
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including beer and sandwich stops... 45 minutes
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Ry_B
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Yea I saw that guide and will be following it when I lower it, but didn't say a time 
Cheers Rileysport, thought it would be more like 2 hours +
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Ry_B
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Btw, what tools will you need?
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Joe
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For people with no experience i'd allow a couple of hours to make sure you get everything right.
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Rileysport
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quote:
Originally posted by Ry_B
Yea I saw that guide and will be following it when I lower it, but didn't say a time
Cheers Rileysport, thought it would be more like 2 hours +
nah its easy.
17mm socket and big ass breaker for the rear lower shock mounts, 17mm also for the top nuts.
you need an offset spanner, 18mm iirc (its been a while) for the front shock top nut. My top tip is to just get it loosened but not fully before anything else. lower shock to swivel hub nuts/bolts are 18mm also.
you need to figure which sort of shocks are on the front as to the tools required to get the springs off (some shock tubes need a hex key and some a 9mm socket if i remember). SPRING COMPRESSORS ARE A MUST.
And finally the nuts holding the entire strut assembly into the turret are 12mm i think
[Edited on 09-06-2006 by Rileysport]
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Tom B
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what are you swapping, just springs or springs and dampers?
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Ry_B
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I'm not, it's just for future reference.
I'm not guna lower it on standard shocks though so it will be shocks + springs
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Tom B
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wont need spring compressors then as rileysport suggested, will just be a straight swap 
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RobHayes
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you will still need the compressors, as you'l need the top plate etc off the standard shock
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MikeE
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quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
For people with no experience i'd allow a couple of hours to make sure you get everything right.
well said
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MikeE
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and renew all the bolts and nuts that mount rear shocks and front hub carrier
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Will_Sport
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quote:
Originally posted by Badb0y
wont need spring compressors then as rileysport suggested, will just be a straight swap
on the front you do otherwise you may end up loosing body parts when the springs let rip 
took me and a mate about 1/2 a day... but we had to go see mr mechanic to swap the new springs with old ones on the front struts
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