Front Spring Swap - How Hard
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Le Mans Master
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From: Newburgh NY
Front Spring Swap - How Hard
A friend has a front spings that's coming apart for some reason. Wants to just replace it with a stock spring.
A: Anyone have one lying around for sale from any mods or upgrades they have done?
B: What's it take to change. Looks relatively easy. I've done rear gears and torque converters so dropping the front suspension looks easy enough.
Thanks
A: Anyone have one lying around for sale from any mods or upgrades they have done?
B: What's it take to change. Looks relatively easy. I've done rear gears and torque converters so dropping the front suspension looks easy enough.
Thanks
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: SoCal
Re: Front Spring Swap - How Hard (78Vette-SA)
My site details the swap http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=20
Jon
http://www.ls1howto.com
[Modified by jmX, 8:47 PM 3/25/2004]
Jon
http://www.ls1howto.com
[Modified by jmX, 8:47 PM 3/25/2004]
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Le Mans Master
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From: Newburgh NY
Re: Front Spring Swap - How Hard (John Shiels)
Thanks guys. Yes, checked out your site. Looks like a piece of cake to install.
John, thanks for the offer on the Z51. Curious hour how it would handle with a Z51 and stock spring in the rear. As well as stock shocks right now.
Thanks
John, thanks for the offer on the Z51. Curious hour how it would handle with a Z51 and stock spring in the rear. As well as stock shocks right now.
Thanks
Instructor
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From: Livonia MI
Re: Front Spring Swap - How Hard (78Vette-SA)
Sel you a front and rear for $100 plus shipping from Michigan. Off a 2000 M6 Vert with 30k on it. Perfect condition( not delaminating!). I want to get the whole set out of the garage. I put on Z06 springs all around. Relatively easy job. Just drop the spindles and sway bar ends. I differed from the LS1 tech hopw to in that I just dropped the bottom A arm and pushed 'em down to yank out the spring. I didn't want to take off the whole darn upper A Arm. LS1Tech way probably just as easy tho' --- keep an eye on the shims and where they go! :flag
