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Here is just a side view with the tire removed. Sometimes the brake line cable will be in the way. You might have to remove a nut to make it so this cable can move out of the way. |
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As you can see here, the spring housing is removed. click on the image for a larger view. |
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Shown here is the whole strut assembly removed from the car. As you can see the spring is compress under pressure. |
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Here you will have to remove the big nut in the center. Do this with extreme caution, as the whole thing will shoot all over the place because of the spring pressure. It's nearly impossible to remove the main nut with a normal socket becuase the whole middle peice will move. Power tools are usaully required. |
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Now that it's all apart, replace the old spring with the new lowering spring. Make sure it's all on their correctly. |
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Here tim is screwing the main bolt back on. |
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Here is the housing with the new spring. To install just do the reversal of taking it off. Looks easy? Not really. You usually need at least two people do to this as it can be physically demanding getting some of the pieces back into place. |
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