Tried lowering my car with the aftermarket bolts but cannot seem to get the lower control arm down in the front to allow me to replace the factory spring bolt with the aftermarket one to lower the car.

Anyone done this install already or know where to find detailed instructions on how this is done?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

Did you disconect the shock, and the top control arm?

 

yea I disconected both and removed the bolt but I couldn't get the control arm to drop. It doesnt seem to want to budge at all.

 

actually it did not remove the upper control arm. Is this necessary to drop the lower control arm?

 

yes, you have to disconect the top control arm.

 

Do you have a very large hammer?

 

do I just have to hit it with a hammer and force it down? I was afraid to damage anything. should i just force it and use some muscle to get the lower contol arm down?

 

You have to break it with a ball joint fork..be careful you will most likley damage the boot..the problem is you cannot buy just the boot from GM, you have to buy the whole assembly

 

 

you also have to unbolt the sway arm connection if you havent already, then on the cam portion of the a arms use a big flat blade screwdriver and gently pry down. the a arm will literally fall down, get your tools and flashlight out of the way. If you took a picture of the front cam setting before you took the bolt out then you can return it to the same place on reinstall, and you will sort of be in alignment.

I know, I've had to do it twice, the first set of aftermarket bolts had the quarter size stop that the neoprene wore off of in 3 weeks, metal to metal is a bad sound.