Hi all,

 

I cant seem to find a guide to replacing shocks. I've got a set of KYB's to go on and want to read up on it first before I wade in and cock it up LOL.

 

Any guides or just a brief how to would be great.

 

Many thanks, Rob

 

Oh and by the way, less than a month to go now woop woop LOL.

Fronts are easy enough, 19mm (I think) bolt at the bottom, holds it to the hub and 2 12/14mm (Can never remember which) hold it at the top. Jack the car up, undo the bottom bolt, loosen the top bolts, push the strut off the hub and take off the top two bolts, then wiggle the shock out of the arch and replace.

 

Rears are not as easy, you need to remove the plastic coverings inside the car that cover the strut top, so, remove plastic sill cover, remove rubber seal up door B pillar about half way, remove rear seats completely, undo all screws that hold the rear quarter door panel in, remove all screws that hold rear plastics in the boot, remove all screws that hold the plastics in over the strut top, loosen off the two 12/14mm bolts at the top of the strut, undo the big 19mm nut and bolt that holds the bottom of the strut to that hub, push strut off hub, undo top bolts completely, wiggle out.

 

When replacing, use gaskets provided with new struts for the strut tops, or in lieu of them if there are none, a thin bead of silicon around the top of each strut and clean off the area on the car where they will sit. You may well need a trolley jack to help you manouvre the hubs back into place on the new struts, so make sure it isn't supporting the car when you do this.

 

Hopefully I'm replacing the fronts on Roses car later, I can try to take some pics if you like?

Cheers Alex, sounds pretty straight forward to do.

 

A couple of pics would be handy but dont bust a gut trying.

 

Cheers mate

It is dead easy Rob and there isnt really much that can go wrong, the longest part is removing the trims from inside! I hate doing that lol.

Awesome, cheers guys.

 

I'm looking at the complete driftworks kit to go on at the same time, makes sence especially for the rears to do at the same time.

If you're doing the Driftworks HICAS lockout kit, remove everything that needs to come off the car FIRST, then look long and hard at the subframe and the kit, there is a second bolt for each side which bolts to the subframe, that isn't obvious at first, many of us have made the mistake (Including me) of not bolting it up properly the first time round, also, there are some useful tutorials on the site as to how you get the HICAS bushes out of the wheel hubs, cos they are a ****!

Cheers for the tip. Is the tutorials on here or the driftworks site? Sorry for being a mong LOL

On here mate.