started my install of koni yellow\eibach sportline combo today. The rears went fine.....however, when i started assembling the front struts....it looks like i will need a spring compressor. The threaded portion of the strut does not protrude to allow me to screw on the 2 lock nuts. it looks like the spring will have to be compressed in order to do this. I dont understand why......these are lowering springs....shouldnt the assembly go on without compressing like the rears did.

I have done enough suspension installs to know what i am doing so i assembled everything correctly.....

any ideas on why this would happen? unusual? normal?

thanks
-chris

 

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You need a spring compressor, or someone strong enough to compress the spring down enough to get the nut started. I have the same springs on my car.

 

thanks conechaser..... anyone else can chime in just to make sure its not an isolated thing....??

 

you can buy a spring compressor for about 13 bucks at harbor freight they ship too if you can find the site its soemthign like harborfreight.com

 

Yup, thats sounds about right. The front usually does take some sort of compression to get on unless you are SLAMMING your car. Even with a 3+ inch drop that I had on my car the first time around (couldn't go anywhere that low, had to raise it lol) I had to push down on the spring hat to get the nut started. GL

 

im sooo ******* pissed....
finished installing my suspension today....torqued all bolts to spec....
now when im driving over bumps, i hear clunks and bangs.....
i can't understand it....this is the only suspension setup i have ever had problems with

any ideas? its not the balljoints as i have adjustable upper control arms for that.....

 

I know you said its not ball joints, but could it be the ball joints hitting your wheel well??

sorry for the bad luck with the new setup bro

 

yup, that's my case, i lowered about 2 inches in front and i have adj ball joints for camber. The top of the nut on top of the ball joint sometimes slams up into my wheel well....i'm thinking about drilling holes in wheel well to allow for clearance.

 

the teins may have been soft...but they never gave me any trouble......**** it im sellin the sportlines and the yellow.....make offers

 

i had sportlines and kyb agx on my 90 accord... installed myself (first spring install ever for me) and they NEVER hit ****.... of course i didnt have adj. ball joints either... so hell who knows

 

Are you sure you got all the bushings off your old shocks? I know when I did mine I accidentally threw one of the top bushings away with the old shock, and had to go diggin through the trash to find it!

if its not that, its probably your control arms hitting the inside of your fender well. You can try to cut it, but its going to be really difficult. The metal there is EXTREMELY thick. I know people who have done it, but dont know how.

I have this setup on my 4th gen and didn't run into any problems outside of missing bushings and not tightening down stuff completely.

Also, the koni yellows have adjustable spring perches. I had set my spring perch on the highest setting on the fronts to keep the control arm from banging as well. I had my shock assemblies in and out of the car a total of 3 times before I got it all correct (and I was following instructions!), so don't feel bad if you dont get it right your first time.

 

no seriously, these ******* are coming off tomorrow and the good ol' teins are going back on......i just dont wanna put up with the BS........so make offers for either Koni yellows or sportlines....

-chris