I might be killing myself here...BUT, is there a set of instructions on how i can replace shocks/struts/bushings/camber??? This will be a first for me and I just want to make sure that I am doing it right! I went with Ingalls adj. ball joints (front), rear adj. upper control arms, Tokico Illumina-R coilovers, and mako polyeurothane bushings. It's for a '94 accord non-vtec.

 

cant beat a helms

 

To take the strut assembly out first loosen the front lug nuts. Jack the front of the car up and support with stands. Unbolt the brake line off of the bracket on the strut itself. Unbolt the bolt that goes through the bottom of the fork. Unbolt the bolt that keeps the strut in the fork, on the backside of the strut. Take off the 3 nuts on the strut towers in the engine bay. Pull the strut/spring assembly off. Remember if you're re-using the stock struts that you have to use a spring compressor to take the pressure off of the struts and stick an allen wrench (don't remember what size) in the top of the strut assembly. Remove the bolt, I want to say it's a 14.

For the rears do the same thing except there's not a fork and there's only two bolts in the rear strut towers.

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For the bushings they are all pretty straight-forward except some have to be pressed in, like the ones in the control arms.

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For the upper control arms you have to seperate the knuckle from the upper control arm as they are connected via a ball joint. There's a cotter pin and a castle nut that you remove. A rubber mallet works best for seperating the ball joints I've found.

Just go drop a small amount of money on a Haynes or check out a manual from your local library. Haynes manuals are inexpensive and are fine for minor work like suspension and whatnot. Here's the disclaimer: I'm not responsible for anything.

 

Great! I appreciate this, me...being the skeptical, already bought a Chilton's for just removing the lower rad. supports! I think I'll be ok on this install due to: having a press, air tools, and a few kids that know cars . I just wish I could go out there now and just put everything in. But this all takes planning which sucks. But one last quesition....Does anybody know the compression rates on these springs? They're illumina's but are the full coilover setup (RAK501...Illumina-R). On the box it simply stated it's for competition use thus not having any warranties. I hope i didn't buy something that's gonna jolt my *****...

 

Modified by fu*kfaceC1EH2 at 1:20 AM 10/2/2004