fitting coilovers

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Spunge
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fitting coilovers

Post by Spunge »

right guys im ghonna fit my coilover tomorrow. anything you can swing my way as afr as advice goes?

anything that you think may help u guy out

thanks in advance

kenny
Tris
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Post by Tris »

Hmmm not fitted them before personally

But after fitting them, check how far the top of them stick up, by the top mount...

i've heard about people shutting their bonnet after fitting them, and getting two nice big dents on each side of the bonnet :lol:

You gonna get your tracking checked afterwards?
polopowah
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Post by polopowah »

Took my dad and i a whole day to fit mine, with coffee breaks in-between :D
only thing i would suggest is having a second person help as somethings i could not do on my own without twisting my back in 13 different places.

its a big job and theres no denying it....but when its finished you'll be grinning like a cheshire cat :D

good luck with it

-Ben-
OMEGASUPR3ME
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Post by OMEGASUPR3ME »

ye u deffo need help fittin any suspention stuff, helps if u have a mate who is a mechanic :lol:
spankone
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Post by spankone »

i've got it down to an art the hardest but is undoing the top caps in the engine bay. vw has a tool for this but i used a mates old school bike crank tool. and make sure you use the can of wax oil that should have come with your coilys as mine rusted shut after 6 months
warrmr
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Post by warrmr »

Tris wrote:Hmmm not fitted them before personally

But after fitting them, check how far the top of them stick up, by the top mount...

i've heard about people shutting their bonnet after fitting them, and getting two nice big dents on each side of the bonnet :lol:

You gonna get your tracking checked afterwards?
you mean me i posted up about a year ago when i did this lol.
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