I ordered a pair of ss/tc front struts online, and they came loaded with ss/tc springs. I can't get the springs out of the struts, because that stupid bolt on top... I tried loading the strut into a vice so it wouldnt move, and i still couldnt get the bolt to budge an inch.

The only what I can thing of doing it, is putting the strut on the car, bolting it in, losening the top bolt while its in, take out the strut, put the spring in, and then put the strut back in. Seems like a lot of work...

Also, if I had sport lines in the back and ss/tc springs in the front how bad would that look? Because If I can avoid taking those springs out that would be amazing.

 

Um back and rear are the same thing...what are you asking here?

 

lol sorry..
sportlines in the back
ss/tc in the front.

 

if you arent compressing the spring that would be why and then yes lnf in front and sportlines in back would look like ass.

but heres a thing that might help you. but you need spring compressors.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...atalogId=10101

 

The strut is compressed... and holy **** 25 bucks for that... theres gotta be an easier way...

 

wait what? the struts compressed? not the springs?

 

Sorry I meant spring...
I'm full of typos today.

 

It is because youre spinning the bolt and the shaft, there is a torx head on the shaft for a reason.

 

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but its really easy go find a strap wrench and do it. works everytime for me.

 

I went to a local shop and they got it off for me... he charged me nothing but a "tell your friends"

Springs/struts are installed. It looks DAMN sexy.

 

impact wrench takes them right off.

 

use a impact...hand tools FTL

 

Yup, impact is the way it is.

I did a full sportline install without using a spring compressor, wasn't too bad.

 

Yes but sometimes an Impact will just sit there and spin that rod too, that is what took me so long to do mine.

 

I've never had that problem and i've done many spring installs on these cars.

 

When I installed my Sportlines, I had the same problem using an impact...one side spun for a while...finally got it off though.

 

Ive done more spring installs than I can count on Balts....never even thought about a spring compressor while doing them.

 

when i put my sportlines in i had the same problem you did, i just quick bolted them back up and undid the top strut bolt.. only took a few minutes,..and it worked fine. i nice impact, but since my roommate moved out i no longer have an aircomprressor...

 

It's easy, just gotta be a little careful. Only bitch part for me was compressing the front spring enough to get the nut back on. I need to gain like 30lbs to make it easier