05-08-2008, 02:52 AM
paulicat,May 7 2008, 11:30 AM Wrote:Project update.
The suspension kit is on the car, minus the front swaybar. Dropping the subframe seems to be a job all of its own. If anyones changed the front sway on their focus please chime in and let me know how big of a job it really is. Total time for the suspension kit (minus front sway bar) was 2.5 hours.
Took it out for a quick spin and man what a difference. Even without the front sway bar the improvement is humongous. Its on rails now.
Before and after pics coming tonight.
I have to get some stuff together, plus build a deck in the backyard before the Procharger install. I'm guessing June so far...
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When bluetoy helped (and by helped, I mean, he did, I watched) install my suspension kit, we (and I mean 'he'), removed half the bolts (the front ones IIRC) and just losened off the rear ones a bit. This allowed you to, with a bit of persuasion, open a gap to slide the sway bar out and in... He did mark with a marker the positions of the bolts so everything aligned up properly when we tightened it back up.
that portion of the job took him 5 minutes of careful consideration, and 15 minutes of labour.
So it's do-able if you take your time, and well worth the effort IMO...
Also keep in mind that we changed the front springs without a spring compressor -- so other than the torque specs, we didn't exactly do everything by the book...
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