coilover fitting
 

hi all,

I have just bought some coilovers for my car does anyone know were i am able to get them fitted and geo set up done in london?

thanks

anyone??

Not fancy having a go yourself... its only 5 bolts a corner ;)

i dont mind doing them myself but i would prefer to get them fitted and geo set up at the same time.

True, thats effectively what i did, the garage who did the Geo is less than a mile away.

i need to source out a garage nearby me, so i am able to get these CO on. i wanna keep the standard height or may be a little lower - road are naff around here :(

In that case, like i said in my PM, make you you wind the bottom bracket down a fair bit to increase ride height as mine sat rather low ;) looked awesome but did limit driveability on the rough stuff:

https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...coilovers.html

Elite in Rainham (just of A13) if you are in East London can do alignment.
Anyone (including yourself) can easily fit coil overs.
Just five bolts to change on each, as the man said above.

Whereabouts in London are you?

JohnD

im in east london m8

As said, removing the old susp. and fitting the coilovers is easy enough it you're handy with spanners. Ideally you need the car off the road to give yourself a bit of space.
You'll need 19mm socket with a long extension for the arm (those strut to hub nuts are TIGHT! the top one is a camber adjustment bolt so note it's position before you take it out) 10mm spanner for the strut top mount - 3 nuts. Plus the usual pliers for releasing the brake pipe from the strut etc.
What car and coilovers have you? If they're BC or Apex I can give some tips.

JohnD

They are Apex's off mine... Gen II's iirc, whats the diff between gen I and gen II?

on my classic the brake pipes pass through the struts and i needed to disconnect the pipes from the calipers too get the old struts off...

alternatively you can just cut the lug off which holds them in place...

There's a clip that holds the brake pipe to the strut. Remove this and the pipe comes free.

JohnD

They didn't stay on long?:wonder:

JohnD

Well on my standard car, the pipes definately passed through the bracket on the struts. The only way too remove the struts from my car was too disconnect the brake pipe from the calipers and thread it off!

Best mod I've done handling wise though! You won't look back. Difference is night and day!!!

Just make sure you don't set them too hard, and adjust tyre pressure down to around 28psi too help you ;-)

To save you disconnecting the pipes and bleeding, you can cut the tab in half on the old strut. Easy.

dipster

Nope, change of plan... well more like a complete U-Turn... car now standard, and being sold... bad timies :cry:

That's bad news!:(

JohnD