Fitting lowering springs
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Rears take twenty mins max. Piece of piss. Fronts are a challenge but easily doable.
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There is a torque head for the drop links i had to get. Cant remember what though... Other than that normal socket set stuff
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3043490-Springs-installation-DIY-for-06-07-Rabbit-!!!
Here you go i followed this
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Here you go i followed this
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Yeah rears take like 15 mins literally not bolt and support the wishbone. The fronts are tricks are crafoo found out lol
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Have to bear in mind if the OP is having to ask about doing the job it'd be surprising if he could curl it out in 15/20mins his first time.
Rears are a doddle. 17mm socket and breaker bar for the wheel and an 18mm socket, spanner and ratchet for try spring cup.
Fronts: 13mm for the top mount, 21mm for the strut top, 16mm for the ball joint, 24mm 12sided socket for the hub nut, 21mm for the brake carriers, 16,17 or 18mm spanner and a spline/torx for the drop links, 17/18 for the track rod, screwdriver, spring clamps or compressor tower.
There abouts anyway.
Rears are a doddle. 17mm socket and breaker bar for the wheel and an 18mm socket, spanner and ratchet for try spring cup.
Fronts: 13mm for the top mount, 21mm for the strut top, 16mm for the ball joint, 24mm 12sided socket for the hub nut, 21mm for the brake carriers, 16,17 or 18mm spanner and a spline/torx for the drop links, 17/18 for the track rod, screwdriver, spring clamps or compressor tower.
There abouts anyway.
Cheers Rob. I'll have that to use in front of me. How long it take you?
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Took a good few hours never done it before so went with that and your cautious. If i did it again would be alot quicker.
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Having trouble getting the axle bolt loose, had a 4 ft bar on them and the bar is bending! Are they reverse thread or normal thread?
I may have to pay to get mine done then, been going at it for half an hours and they won't budge. I'm using the longest bar ive got! Theres no way of change the springs without removing the axle bolt? Cheers
I had similar problems on mine. Just couldn't shift the bolt. I even had a scaffold pole on it to get more lever but it still wouldn't budge. I had mine serviced this week and got them to install the springs for me. They would have used air tools or heated the bolt up.
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