I am helping my buddy install his skunk2 coilovers on, and we ran into a problem. On the stock shock we do not know how to take off the strut seal cover. Do we remove the top circle part, or the whole seal cover.

Is there a special tool we need? The Skunk2 instructions say to untap it. If anyone can help me I would appreciate it a lot. We are out in the garage trying to figure it out, quick responses would be most helpful. -Shawn

 

its the whole seal.

its quite tricky to get off, just keep rotating the strut and it will eventually come up with a screwdriver.

tapping the screwdriver with a hammer might also be useful.

 

It seems pretty stuck on there, is it safe to try to pry it off with a screw driver? Or are you just talking about the top part of it. The instructions say you should put it back on after putting on the sleeve. TIA -Shawn