I've finally found time to install my Eibach Sportlines tomorrow. They have been sitting in the box for a month and IM SO EXCITED! I'll get to work in a shop with air tools, a hoist, a wall mounted spring compressor and all the other goodies I just wanted to ask if you guys who have done this if you have any helpful hints and tips that might be useful tomorrow??? Thanks!

PICS ADDED

Here's a before Pic



Here's The After Pics


Front End Clearence


Front Wheel Clearence


Side Ground Clearence


Rear Wheel Clearence


Rear End Clearence

 

Thats pretty awesome. I hope you do everything right!

 

My friend's a service tech, he's gonna help and the shop manager, who is a good friend of the family, is gonna be there to. Together we sure better get it right

And how the heck did you find the time to post so much in 5 months???

 

Im a *****, I know! VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Dont look at me, im hideous.

 

Oh yeah I was able to mine at school with an airline, air tools, a lift, and wall mounted strut compressor. With all these tools at your hands it's soooo easy.

The bitchiest part has to be the last bolt you take out at the bottom of the strut. Easiest way I found is to keep the top of the tower (in the engine bay) bolted and do those two on the bottom first. And then lower the lift a little and use a jack to put a little pressure on the strut. Once it's even the bolts will slide right out. Everything else is really straight forward, though. Have fun bro!

 

Heres a nice how to for you:
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-guide-43/how-install-springs-50477/

Key things to watch for: Make sure you seat the front ones all the way, otherwise you will have squeaking. Pay attention to what direction the top came off and ensure you put it back on the same way or you will have knocking as well, gotta fix that on mine.

GL with the install and enjoy the ride after!

 

have fun with the front

 

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The backs wont take long at all but the fronts will go slow.


Also, I waited a few weeks before I got my alignment done... I wanted everything to settle in a bit.

 

The back is super easy to do, and w/ the tools you'll be using, the front shouldnt be too bad either. Good luck and post pics!

 

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couple tips, having done many installs on cobalts.

do the rears first. with airtools it shouldn't take more than 10-15 minutes to do the rears. only thing to watch for on the rears is to make sure they're BOTH seated properly before you start bolting things up. if you get one seated, and bolt it up, and the other side isn't sitting properly you're going to have to re-loosen the other side.

for the fronts, DO NOT use airtools for the suspension mount (the 3 bolts in the engine bay) and be very careful torqing them down. only to about 10 ft/lbs, any more and they will snap.

the tab on the suspension mount (usually has a green stripe on it) needs to face towards the engine. make sure the springs are seated fully as you are loosening up the spring compressors. they like to move a little as you loosen the compressors, so keep an eye on them.

other than that it's pretty straightforward, especially with a lift and airtools. if you have a basic knowledge of suspension it's a very simple job. if you're not 100% sure, i would recommend doing one front side at a time. this way if you forget exactly how something goes together, you have the other side to use as a reference.

using basic handtools, and a floor jack, and not being in a hurry i do springs in about 1 1/2 hours. with airtools and a lift, and a few extra hands i could easily see less than an hour install time.

 

Let us know how it goes when your done, oh and dont forget to post up pix.

 

did mine with basic tools, some floor jacks and a spring compressor i picked up at Advanced auto. Not a real hard install. Enjoy the new found handling

 

don't have left over parts

 

Pics are uploaded to my gallery. I'll post them in a thread later today.

 

Very nice, didnt realize how much they drop the back end.

 

Before I could put my entire fist between the rear wheel and the fender. Now just two fingers. Looks 100X better IMO

 

Ohh yea, springs will tame that ass!

Wait till it settles some more...it will look so good.


Like that ^^

 

Mine actually settled so the back has 2 fingers and front has like 3...dunno why the front is higher

 

hell yeah man it looks good. I just dropped my Z on the Pro-Kit yesterday! They make a ton of difference

 

I'm suprised nobody's commented on the UGLYNESS of the steelies FYI I'm gonna get 18s after winter.

 

Looks a lot better, and I was going to say be careful and take your time.

 

It only took about 40 mins per side for the front and 20 for the entire rear. It was two hours well spent

 

Here's a pic of what my rear sportlines look like compressed. I was suprised. The car was just sitting on the lift.