chunky
07-18-2003, 11:04 PM
Install took 4 hours from the time I jacked the car up to the time I let the car down.
I'm VERY pleased with the H&R product. The drop was an even 2" all around (15" all around before, 13" now). The springs came with the lower coils wrapped in a clear plastic tubing to help the springs stay put in their seats and possibly to help reduce noise from the coils clanking against one another.
The front axle popped out on one side. I immediately popped it back in. took literally 1 second, just grab the disc, push, and rock it back and forth, it glides right in. You get fucked when you let it turn too far one way or the other after it's popped out. To keep the axle from popping out again, I put a block of wood on my floor jack, and raised it to support just the brake rotor. It kept it from popping out while I changed springs.
In the rear, the only trick I have to offer is to make sure you remove the upper control arm bolt before you remove the lower shock bolt. If you don't, the bottom strut bolt will be very difficult to remove, and you run the risk of stripping the threads.
I'm also pleased with the quality of the SPC camber kit. Very beefy arms for the rear. It has rubber bushings, but it appears to be a very hard rubber. You do have to bend/clip part of the abs sensor wire bracket to install the SPC kit. You also have to use their new nut to hold the outer arm bolt in and a shorter bolt that they provide to secure the abs sensor wire bracket.
I made the SPC arms a bit shorter than stock when Installing to get a bit more neg camber in the rear. So far only one side rubs -I accidentally did not adjust it as short as I had intended. Visually, I think i'm at -1.75 to -2 neg camber in the rear which is fine. Not much weight back there, so I can live with the neg camber to prevent rubbing.
The front does not rub at all :D:D
The ep sure does look mean with 225/50/15's dropped 2" with -1.5 camber up front.
pics coming tomorrow.
I'm VERY pleased with the H&R product. The drop was an even 2" all around (15" all around before, 13" now). The springs came with the lower coils wrapped in a clear plastic tubing to help the springs stay put in their seats and possibly to help reduce noise from the coils clanking against one another.
The front axle popped out on one side. I immediately popped it back in. took literally 1 second, just grab the disc, push, and rock it back and forth, it glides right in. You get fucked when you let it turn too far one way or the other after it's popped out. To keep the axle from popping out again, I put a block of wood on my floor jack, and raised it to support just the brake rotor. It kept it from popping out while I changed springs.
In the rear, the only trick I have to offer is to make sure you remove the upper control arm bolt before you remove the lower shock bolt. If you don't, the bottom strut bolt will be very difficult to remove, and you run the risk of stripping the threads.
I'm also pleased with the quality of the SPC camber kit. Very beefy arms for the rear. It has rubber bushings, but it appears to be a very hard rubber. You do have to bend/clip part of the abs sensor wire bracket to install the SPC kit. You also have to use their new nut to hold the outer arm bolt in and a shorter bolt that they provide to secure the abs sensor wire bracket.
I made the SPC arms a bit shorter than stock when Installing to get a bit more neg camber in the rear. So far only one side rubs -I accidentally did not adjust it as short as I had intended. Visually, I think i'm at -1.75 to -2 neg camber in the rear which is fine. Not much weight back there, so I can live with the neg camber to prevent rubbing.
The front does not rub at all :D:D
The ep sure does look mean with 225/50/15's dropped 2" with -1.5 camber up front.
pics coming tomorrow.