Ryde _Or_Die

I saw a car with these and was wondering how difficult it is to put these on your car. Would you need to take it to a shop to do this? If so how much would they charge? I know my friend has put his own springs in 2 or 3 cars but these look a little different. Thanks.

Ryde _Or_Die

O ya, how adjustable is the drop? Thanks alot.

Ryde _Or_Die

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David88vert

Which set? Are you talking about the regular spring set or the GC coilover kit?

Ryde _Or_Die

The set I saw online was for adjustable spring sets. They used eibachs(sp?) and you just lifted the corner you wanted adjusted and turned the threaded piece. They were $399 for 4. I will get the site when I get home and post it. Thanks.

Racer 13B

I have the Ground Control set up on my FC.
Its not that hard to install them. (IMO)
I still have the Ground control insruction sheet. I could take a photo of it and e-mail at to you. So you can get a better idea of you'll need to do. I don't have a scaner.

thanks
scott

David88vert

The 2nd gens are much easier to install than the 1st gens. I have them on my FB and they were a lot of work. We put them on an FC and it was much easier. The camber kit is nice to have with them though.

SpeedRacer

Hey, could you email me those pics? I got a used GC set and put it on myself, it was pretty easy and straightforward, but I didn't have instructions so it took me a little more time than it should have. I just would like to see the instructions for peace of mind. I posted in the suspension forum a few weeks ago asking if somebody could take pics and send them to me, but nobody replied.

The only place I ran into problems, was lack of spring compressor, and lack of impact gun. But I got around them. If you don't have a spring compressor, you can use bailing wire and wrap it throught the spring coils, and use a screw driver to twist the wire to tighten it. Thats what I did to get keep the springs from flying out. Also the top nut that holds the top of the strut is a bitch without an impact gun. You can try to use a screwdriver and wedge it between the bolts on top of the strut mount to keep the assemble from twisting while you get the center nut off. I ended up taking the assmembly to my uncles house and using his impact gun. Hopefully for Christmas I'll get my own. Anyways, other than that, everything went pretty smooth. Oh, I had to use a grinder on the strut casing thing to make the threaded collar fit over it. I don't know if others had to do that or what. I had stock struts. But anyways, if you give yourself a better part of a day, you can probably do it, if you have a socket set, various screwdrivers, and maybe an impact driver. It took me about 4 hours, and I had no previous experience doing suspension work. You should probably upgrade your struts at the same time. I wish I would have, stock struts won't handle stiff springs very well, especially old worn out struts.

The kit allows me to stay anywhere from stock height, to a 2" drop. I'm quite happy with it. I have had mine at 2" drop since its been installed. I have stock rims though so it doesn't look THAT lowered. Occasionally a passenger will scrap my door on a curb and I'll have to bitch at them, and you there is NO curb you can clear with the front end.