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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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I am thinking of installing coil overs, My question is how hard is it to remove the Z51 springs?
My C5 is telling me he wants coil overs...lol
But not sure if I want to go through the spring removeal.
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Bill
I am thinking of installing coil overs, My question is how hard is it to remove the Z51 springs?
My C5 is telling me he wants coil overs...lol
But not sure if I want to go through the spring removeal.
A couple months back I swapped the factory base level springs in my 2004 for some 2003 Z06 leafs. The rear leaf R&R was very easy. The front was a bit of a challange with significantly more disassembly but not all that bad. I did have the luxery of an air conditioned garage with a lift (only wish it were mine). I probably would not have tried it if all I had were jack stands.

Here is a link to the thread I used to guide me through the process:

http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=20

Let us know how it goes.
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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I just installed Coilovers on jackstands and it was pretty easy actually... I used Toque's instructions;

http://mysite.verizon.net/res0aae8/coilover.html

I didn't remove the coolant or washer fluid tanks though, other then that the instructions were excellent...

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