My Tein Experience, Installing Tips/Headaches Options

[Celicav]

Well, I got the front springs on which were pretty easy. Comments, tips, observations...

- Make sure you loosen the Top middle bolt SOME (in engine bay) before taking the suspension assembly out of car...this will make it easier to get the bolt off once it is out of the car...also, make sure you don't have the top cap facing you when you take off the middle bolt - it will come shooting out along with the bolt. I laid the assembly on the ground and pointed it away from me
- You will be able to tell easily how the spring sits in there when putting the new one in
- if you have a Haynes manual or equivalent, look at the torque specs before tightening all the bolts back on

I am in the middle of doing the rear and it has been hell so far. I followed Manny's advice to the tee with the sway bar link bolt, but still stripped one of those allen heads...used a hand saw forever to get that damn link off and then went to Pep Boys and got a new one ($40). Other than that, the suspension bolts (hooked to suspension arms) would not budge despite my big ass torque wrench, so those got PB blasted and are soaking over night...

To Be Continued, and can't wait to show yall pics when done...damn rusty old cars (wish all the bolts were as easy as the brake line bolts...that would be heaven)

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

bad advice...i wouldn't hacksaw those bolts

and the bolts are 17mm or 19mm i forget defenitly NOT 14mm

get two 1/2" drive socket wrenches and two 17mm or 19mm sockets (which ever it is) set them both on LEFT and grab a breaker bar....
get one wrench so that it spins around till its path gets blocked by the brake system which will hold it in place then on the other one use a breaker bar and give it a good push/pull you'll be fine

I'm just saying if worste comes to worste. Like the situation comes up that he can't get them off with a wrench. Can't these be replaced? I'm not exactly sure what bolts are even being talked about here, I'm just going on general bolt knowledge. I still don't see how I gave bad advice. If you can't get a bolt off with a wrench, you don't really have much other option other than cutting it off.