silver02
02-10-2003, 08:00 PM
First I would like to thank everyone on Ephatch, if it wasn't for you i never would have been able to get it done.
The install took me 2 days (by myself). I used my mother-in-law's garage so I didn't have a floor jack or air tools, all I had was a set of tools the jack that came with are cars and a 400 pound bottle jack and a torque wrench (Thanks to my Mother0in-law).
If it could have gone wrong it did. The axle fell out (but now I'm a master at getting them back in). The ball jouints wouldn't budge (I even used a fork) so I installed the front springs without taking them off the car (I don't recomend doing this, and would NEVER do it again). I messed up one of the seals on the driver side ball joint so i have to replace that, and on the passanger side I think I punctured the CV boot, so I have to replace that too ( $35 for the boot $2.50 for the seal). My Grandfather has a friend who is an auto mech. so he'll get me a deal on the install of those. The local Honda dealed was going to charge me $300 to do it. The jack wad also refused to do an alignment because"I" put in the springs.
Finally I got it all back together and it looks great (pics soon).
So, would I do it again? No. Was it worth it? Hell yeah!:D But I must say that when I get new struts I'm paying to have those put in.
Words of advice- 1 make sure you have ALL the right tools.
2 ask for help(don't do it alone)
3 and do a search on this forum for info on installs
The install took me 2 days (by myself). I used my mother-in-law's garage so I didn't have a floor jack or air tools, all I had was a set of tools the jack that came with are cars and a 400 pound bottle jack and a torque wrench (Thanks to my Mother0in-law).
If it could have gone wrong it did. The axle fell out (but now I'm a master at getting them back in). The ball jouints wouldn't budge (I even used a fork) so I installed the front springs without taking them off the car (I don't recomend doing this, and would NEVER do it again). I messed up one of the seals on the driver side ball joint so i have to replace that, and on the passanger side I think I punctured the CV boot, so I have to replace that too ( $35 for the boot $2.50 for the seal). My Grandfather has a friend who is an auto mech. so he'll get me a deal on the install of those. The local Honda dealed was going to charge me $300 to do it. The jack wad also refused to do an alignment because"I" put in the springs.
Finally I got it all back together and it looks great (pics soon).
So, would I do it again? No. Was it worth it? Hell yeah!:D But I must say that when I get new struts I'm paying to have those put in.
Words of advice- 1 make sure you have ALL the right tools.
2 ask for help(don't do it alone)
3 and do a search on this forum for info on installs