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Lowering mk1 172



Re: what happened to the diy guides?

Right, this is what you need to do mate:

Front

Old strut

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Loosen the 2 strut top nuts 1st (21mm swan neck spanner)

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Loosen the 4 bottom strut nuts (2 each side) and place a jack under your hub before completely removing them

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Remove strut (watch for spiders lol)

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Replace with new strut and replace all bolts.

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Rear

Place a jack under the rear hub and remove this nut from the bottom of the rear strut

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Look in the boot and remove the strut top nut

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Once both struts are removed lover hub untill you can remove springs.
Replace springs and raise hub a little, then replace with new struts and do up in reverse.

If you need any more help just shout
 


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