amazing writeup....just used this thread to install my front SPC kit. DEF made it a no brainer. ANYONE can do this w/ this thread!!!

 

So i did this last night WITHOUT touching the strut.

1) Jack up car (always use a stand)
2) Remove wheel
3)Now, i removed the camber arm from the wheel hub, which allowed me to wiggle the stock arm around. This is the part which lets you NOT remove the strut. Looks at where the arms connect, and see if the bolt can come out without touching the spring, if so your good to go, just undo the bolt and push it out.

If it does touch the spring and you cant remove it, place a jack behind the rotor on the arm which connects to the car and slowly jack it up, this will compress the spring and consequently move if out of the way, once its out of the wat remove the bolts and continue with the DIY!

CAUTION: when lowering the jack used to jack up the wheel hub, SLOWLY, VERY SLOWLY, low the jack, i made the mistake of turning it to quick and it slammed my car onto the jack stand.

 

so who all left their caster at 0 degree? Will it be off from the oem? Or should I go with -.5 lol very new to this camber stuff.

Currently dropped on stechs and go moar low next week on coilovers.

 

I did mine and this help me.

 

hey guys im about to do this and was wondering approximately how long the DIY takes. I know its will take everyone a different time but what is the average? thanks

 

hey guys, i did the install and the front arm is hitting the fender underwall... is this normal?? i got the revised spc fronts but it is hitting when going over a big bump... this isntall is on a 08 coupe... please help!!

 

Wow, I just found this thread. What a great write up! I'll use it for sure when I get my front control arms, which should be soon. Thanks OP!

 

Thanks for this

 

Thanks for the thread...changed my front control arms today and it worked great.

 

A big thank you to finagle69. This was a piece of cake thanks to your write up.

A question for anyone who's installed the SPC kit. Did you leave it a 0 degrees caster?

 

I used this DIY and the next day I was turning the wheels to back out of a parking spot. The right side of the steering rack rod that turns the tire broke in half. I am sending it to my mechanic to see what happened but does anyone have any ideas?

 

For those that have changed out the A-arms what springs do you have? Do eibach springs require this on front and back?

 

THANKS SO MUCH! i will be needing this in a couple of days. only part I'm iffy about is step 4 with the end link. Anyone have tips/pointers for this part?

 

Guys I need some help. I am experiencing a bottoming out effect with this kit. I was told to use the bump gaurds and put them on the strut. My question is where do I put them on the strut? I am going MAD over this

 

thanks... this helped me a lot this weekend