well,

after punching my tranny really REALLY hard with my right fist making a very nice deep wound thru my gloves, and slicing my hands here and there on stupid heat shields and what not...oh yeah, and back pain...lots of backpain...

its done. I've installed a set of springs.... one man, first time, 9 hours, 23 minutes... the LCA's just make the rear much more fun to swap in and out ... took me 47 minutes to figure out how to put the LCA bolt back on ....

Is this a slow time?

I must say i'm very proud of myself Yes, I want a cookie

btw, H-T BBQ in 7 hours 4 minutes! see you all there...

00-0187 - hopes he torqued everything correctly

e-beers on me




[Modified by 00-0187, 2:34 AM 5/19/2002]

 

on a side note, when i lowered my car back off the jackstands i had put them on, while unloading the jack on the front mount right next to the radiator... about 12 inchs from the floor i hear a loud "BOING" and my car drops to the floor.

damned cheap *** craftman SUV jack... going to go get my warranty on it

and even with the 1.5" inch additional drop, the crapsman jack still clears!


[Modified by 00-0187, 2:32 AM 5/19/2002]

 

I have that same SUV jack. No problems with mine. Most people don't know this, but you have to "break in" your jack before you use it. Crazy. And your time, well, uhh, hey, it's done. haha. Cheers.

 

Why did you punch the tranny?

When I read the first sentence, I thought you were doing a tranny swap. LOL.

Wow, spring install in ~7 hours. Lots of cookies for you.

 

9hours!!!!! what the hell....dont have the right tools?

my first time only took me 2hours tops, now i can do it in less than 45min.

 

4000 posts later... he too could do a spring install.

 

at least you did the work yourself. give yourself a hand.

 

i did a sring install on a friends car a while ago and it took us like 2 days. only due to the fact that the compressor broke on us at one point. very scary seeing a nut go flying past your face.

 

i dunno why it took so long!!! i punched the compressor and split open my knuckle... the latex gloves i was wearing didnt break, but after evaluating the pain factor and the white glove turning red on the inside...i ran into side for a bandaid

oh yes, the wrench slipped off the suspension bolt, thats why my fist went flying into the tranny

i had the right tools! I think...

i've heard from many people its easier to pull out the rears than the front...i found this to be the opposite. I think its because of the LCA's...

 

break in my jack? ...hmm. i didnt know this...can you explain? I think i may be returning the jack for a new one..

 

ive done it twice... takes me a buncha hours... always seem to have problems.

 

Nice job Tom. Your car looks good too.

Don't worry....my first time took me 11 hours over two days. Now I can do a whole spring/shock install in about 1 hour.

Helps that I have air tools though.

 

make note to self: ahmed has a compressor usable with a spray gun for painting

 

Good deal, I bet it would have taken me a few days.

 

What springs did you upgrade to? Any before and after pics?

 

I've always though the fronts were easier. Keep practicing. . . I counted the other day and I have done suspension swaps on a civic or Integra a total of 30 times and can do it alone in 2 hours or a little less.

 

Shamoo you can really do a swap and compress springs in an hour? I have done a swap in 45 minutes but both sets of shocks and springs were already assembled.

 

good news for me i get to do another install this sunday on a friends civic. can't wait

 

I did a spring install for a friend that took most of three days......


but that was a jeep grand cherokee, 6" lift springs, every damn suspension related piece was replaced/upgrade, 35" tires, etc etc

 

wow.. I think the ITR FL crews record for LONGEST spring install was just over 4 hours.. and that included much beer consumption, much laying under the car being lazy (see new thread about ITR-FL laziness ) and eating Skirt's gambino burgers..

 

Springs: $$$
Installation: $$
Doing it yourself: Priceless

Good job