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+2" lift...done it, never again...a few tips for you!
Iain C:
Nice!!!!! :twisted:
muddymart:
looks really good !! now im getting excited and i want to do mine :D :D :D
Jamin:
I finished my lift this weekend too. Found the fronts real easy as i was replacing the turrets (You can see my boots :D ). However the rears were a pain as the springs would just not go in even with my spring compressors. Screw driver as leverage and rubber mallet got them there in the end
I would advise that you soak all nuts for a few weeks with Water Dispersant 40 as this seemed to help alot. The ones that i didnt (rear spring retainers) ended up with the angle grinder treatment for the reasons already mentioned :(
The rear shockers' bottom threaded bits on the ProComps are a bit short but i got mine on using the new bushes by giving them a good squeeze, good job as the olds were a bit ....well old :shock:
It took 5 hours to do the fronts and a whole day, broken socket ratchet (takes ages to use copressors with a spanner!), broxen axel stand, half the skin off hand and the gilfriends patience for the rears.
pics taken before the rears were done and on phone cam. (girlfriend "tidied" my digital camera 2 yrs ago!)
DiscoCWK:
Spring Compressors are a nightmare and imho opinion dangerous!
When I did mine I Jacked the car high enough (supported on 3t axle stands) and then used the bottle jack to lower the axle enough to just lift out the spring which is far safer and saves a lot of time. I did my first rear spring with the compressors and that was enough to convince me to seek and better method. Incidently my kit was missing the front spring retainers!
Iain C:
Blimey, were you not stretching your brake hoses doing it that way?
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