Hi guy, really to lower my car tomorrow. Anything I need to be aware of during the installation?

 

If you are doing this yourself, the rears are very easy. The front takes a bit longer and the bolts are a PIA to get off. Use a breaker bar to get the front bolts off.

 

Make sure you have a spring compressor if you're doing it yourself. You'll need to compress the spring before removing the bolts on the top of the struts/hat.

 

Get a good quality spring compressor

 

Autozone/O'Reillys loan the compressors out for a deposit and they work well.
Also use a back up wrench on the lower front strut nut and w/ a breaker bar and a shot of PB Blast it'll come off pretty easy, or at least easier

 

don't take those springs lightly. when they are compressed down they can cause you some serious injury. No need to be scared but don't be careless either

 

True that^^
Whatever you do don't even look at those Harbor Freight compressors of death, those should be outlawed. Just be sure to heavily grease the threads of the compressor bolts and use an air impact wrench. It's very important that you have the compressors properly placed on the spring so they won't apply too much pressure on one side and get off center, that's when they can come flying apart w/ high velocity and become very dangerous. Also don't spend too much time compressing just one side, you want to go back and forth between the two bolts often to keep the spring compression even.

 

Get a friend to help and plan 1/2 day for the job.

Also, before removing the top plate of the front strut pay close attention and mark the position of the plate in reference to the rest of the assembly so when you install the Eibach and you put it back together it will bolt-on / line up to the correct position.

backyard DIY spring install

g/l

 

You will probably need a 20 inch or longer breaker bar or an impact gun to get the large nut off the bottom of the strut. If you have a NAPA or other local repair store near you, take the struts there to have them change the springs..save yourself the headache. It cost me $40

 

pssshh make sure that camber is correct when finished.. Eibach springs drops lower than what it suggest.. if you got the money you may wanna get a camber kit...

 

how much does it cost for labor for just putting springs on?

 

Just depends on the shop rate....it'll take apprx 3 hrs

g/l

 

619 eh? You in SD too? It's good to know that I can just pay NAPA to swap the springs for me. That's the part I was not looking forward to. The rest seems pretty straight forward; unbolt, bolt on. Wa-la.

 

A lot of patience

The front ones are a pain. The rears take about 10-15 minutes for both once the rims are removed.

 

I installed mines 4 months ago. The process is real simple, for the front I would take the whole assemble and let pepboys install the eibach springs. Make sure that you mark the location of the top hat and the body of the strut. (I had to take mines back to them to get realigned because I couldn't bolt it up). The reason why I took it to them or any other shop, is because the eibach spring distance is to narrow to fit the ordinary spring compressor. The rears are cake just two bolts.