Fitting lowering springs

[JamesLCR]

Hey everyone. Picked up my lowering springs today.

Is there any links to a fitting guide for the springs?? Hoping to fit them and and triple r splitter on Tuesday.

Shouldn't take any longer than a few hours right??

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[Rob_Talisman]

Search my posts i did point to a guide i found really useful.


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[MJ]

Rears are an hour tops. Fronts may take a couple of hours.

 

[Rob_Talisman]

Rears take twenty mins max. Piece of piss. Fronts are a challenge but easily doable.


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[JamesLCR]

Cool. Any specific tools?

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[Rob_Talisman]

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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[Crafoo]

Don't forget to have your car 4 wheel aligned afterwards

 

[Rob_Talisman]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3043490-Springs-installation-DIY-for-06-07-Rabbit-!!!

Here you go i followed this


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[olitaylor07]

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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[Crafoo]

Yeah the fronts are a total ****!

 

[MJ]

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.

 

[JamesLCR]

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.

Cheers MJ. Going to do it on Monday and hopefully have time to fit my splitter too. Will get pics up when it's done

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[JamesLCR]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3043490-Springs-installation-DIY-for-06-07-Rabbit-!!!

Here you go i followed this


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Cheers Rob. I'll have that to use in front of me. How long it take you?

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[Rob_Talisman]

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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[Rob_Talisman]

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.

I asked about it on here too. Went with that guide and my opinion is my experience. 15/20 mins on the rear is very realistic. The fronts are a pain the rear are so easy my missus could do um


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[adamski]

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?

 

[Rob_Talisman]

Normal thread mate. I snapped teo breaker bars last week trying to get one out ffs

 

[adamski]

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

 

[Matt cla]

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.

 

[benrace91]

Normal thread mate. I snapped teo breaker bars last week trying to get one out ffs

LOL

what a pain in the a***