[Z06] New shocks
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From: Sweet Home Al
New shocks
Installed the Bilstein Sports this morning. Way harder, and more time consuming than I imagined it'd be. They're an improvement over my 50k mile stockers though, so I guess it was worthwhile.
Last edited by MrSimpson; Jul 9, 2010 at 05:16 PM.
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I'm thinking about doing the same change.
Would you consider yourself a wrench head or just someone who isn't afraid to jump in and give something a try? I'm the later and am a little nervous about tackling a job like that. I still may and probably will but it'd be nice to hear what you have to say.
Would you consider yourself a wrench head or just someone who isn't afraid to jump in and give something a try? I'm the later and am a little nervous about tackling a job like that. I still may and probably will but it'd be nice to hear what you have to say.
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Sort of a wrench head.......I've got all the tools. It's just hard getting the stock shocks out. There's not a lot of room, they want to stay extended, there's 4 different methods of attachment used, etc. They're not engineered to be mechanic friendly I don't think. I dropped a lot of F bombs getting the front ones out.
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I did this exact job about a month ago. It took me about 4 hours total. The first one took about an hour and a half and I got faster on each one. I also was replacing my endlinks, so you might expect to go a little faster without doing those. I don't do much work on my car by myself, but this job was pretty straightforward. Search for the McRatt method online and you should find dome decent directions.