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·Day 1
Ordered a set of air struts from the USA for 700 dollars. Xtra long, upper stud mount, lower poly bush mount, and a couple of 1/4 MNPT nipples and some pipe.
day 10
Shocks arrive - with a 90 quid bill from UPS for duty / VAT
Go out to car, pull off left front wheel, undo shock at bottom (18mm spanner), undo anti roll bar (18mm spanner) undo shock top mount nuts (3 off - 16mm spanner :? )
needed a long wrecking bar to lever the anti roll bar out of the way a bit to release bolt.
Pull shock out from bottom, with steering on full lock. Bit awkward.
Pull off rubber cap off top of shock, fit into vice, and undo top nut on shock. CAREFUL!!!!! the spring is under considerable tension, and when the nut runs out, it flies apart! I dont have a spring compressor - but you should...
The top plate basically fits straight onto the top mount thingy supplied - but you will need to get a spacer made for both the top and bottom (sizes to be detailed later)
most of the shock. the top plate with the three studs in it and the rubber bush is at the engineers getting a new spacer made.
Ordered a set of air struts from the USA for 700 dollars. Xtra long, upper stud mount, lower poly bush mount, and a couple of 1/4 MNPT nipples and some pipe.
day 10
Shocks arrive - with a 90 quid bill from UPS for duty / VAT
Go out to car, pull off left front wheel, undo shock at bottom (18mm spanner), undo anti roll bar (18mm spanner) undo shock top mount nuts (3 off - 16mm spanner :? )
needed a long wrecking bar to lever the anti roll bar out of the way a bit to release bolt.
Pull shock out from bottom, with steering on full lock. Bit awkward.
Pull off rubber cap off top of shock, fit into vice, and undo top nut on shock. CAREFUL!!!!! the spring is under considerable tension, and when the nut runs out, it flies apart! I dont have a spring compressor - but you should...
The top plate basically fits straight onto the top mount thingy supplied - but you will need to get a spacer made for both the top and bottom (sizes to be detailed later)
most of the shock. the top plate with the three studs in it and the rubber bush is at the engineers getting a new spacer made.