Tomorrow is going to be fun!

[WTP07]

Looking forward to this one!

(pay no attention to the stacked beer cans in the background...that's another unfinished project...)

[BP_Z28]

Nice. Cant wait till I get me a set!

[WTP07]

Well, we are half way there. Rears are in, fronts were a bit more of a *****.. the struts wouldn't come out of the strut mounts, so now I am waiting on my KYB AGX's and new sway bar links (3/4 broke).

The driver's side bolt on the OEM panhard was a total ***** to get out! That took longer than the rest combined!



Pics will have to wait until later this week!

[93formulalt1]

What springs did you go with? I'm thinking about using my Eibach lowering springs on the '94, but with the same shocks you have (already have fronts, need to get my hands on rear shocks yet)

Can't wait to see pics! Any other goodies planned for the handling side of things? Should be a sweet ride, with the fresh paint and suspension upgrades!

[WTP07]

I picked up a set of Eibach sportlines on Kijiji (craigslist for canada) for $125. So while THEY were a great deal, I am still going to spend another $400 or so on shocks.

Ah well...this will end the upgrades for this year. Barring a lottery win anyway.

[OVRKILL]

We have struts?

[WTP07]

We have struts?

Sorry, the front anti-reboundy-thingie. Better?

KYB calls it a strut....

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[WTP07]

Some pics from this install:






We got the rears done on Saturday, after much screwing around with the drivers side bolt on the panhard bar, we eventually just cut the head off and drove the bolt through. It was seized in the bushing and we had to use the impact hammer to drive it through.


The rest of the rears was VERY easy. Undo the bottom shock bolt, lower the rear axle, and the springs pulled right out. Install new ones, bolt everything back up and it's done. Except for the links of course, I am picking them up this afternoon.






Rear spring comparison:



Fronts were another story altogether.


After breaking both sway bar links, we undid the upper ball joint, undid the bottom shock bolts, undid the top strut mount bolts, they pulled right out.


Only to find that the top nut on the shock was so badly rusted that it is impossible to get them out of the strut mounts.






So, on Monday, I am getting KYB AGX's for the front, along with new mounts. Yippee.





This will successfully eliminate the rest of my upgrade budget for a long while....wife is getting VERY grumpy...

[Fox Slaughter]

We do not have struts.

3rd Gens do, they have McPherson Struts.
4th Gens have Coil overs in the front with a Short Long Arm Suspension.

Looks good. I just dropped the de carbons in the rear out last night. All ready to put the new ones in.
The fronts, I need to get the old coilovers out and get the new ones in.

[dawdaw]

Nice! did you put the heater hose on the the springs in the rear? and thats pretty common on the front shocks, mine rusted really bad as well

[WTP07]

Nice! did you put the heater hose on the the springs in the rear? and thats pretty common on the front shocks, mine rusted really bad as well

No, I put the upper mounts back in the rear. I thought the 1.8" that the sportlines lower it were enough.

[WTP07]

The fronts, I need to get the old coilovers out and get the new ones in.

Count on new mounts too. If yours are anything like mine, it will be tough to get the springs off the shocks.

[Fox Slaughter]

Count on new mounts too. If yours are anything like mine, it will be tough to get the springs off the shocks.

Silly boy, I have fancy new coilovers to install.

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[WTP07]

Silly boy, I have fancy new coilovers to install.

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Ahhhh nice. Let me know how the ride is...I should be able to get mine out in a month or so when the snow finally stops...

[GODSPEED]

Silly boy, I have fancy new coilovers to install.

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how much are those because im about to order my shock set up tomorrow but those are awesome and what my car needs