kale Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 i am just wondering if anyone has lowerd there ae92 corolla and how long did it take you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willis Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 As long as your angle grinder takes to spin up :P If you're buying lower springs for it, it doesn't take long. Just do your best to remove the struts, (you can leave the rotors and calipers on if you want) take the tops off and replace the springs. Took me about an hour to do the fronts on my KE70. It was the first time I'd ever taken to a car with a spanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kale Posted February 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 As long as your angle grinder takes to spin up :P If you're buying lower springs for it, it doesn't take long. Just do your best to remove the struts, (you can leave the rotors and calipers on if you want) take the tops off and replace the springs. Took me about an hour to do the fronts on my KE70. It was the first time I'd ever taken to a car with a spanner yeah i have just bought a set of king springs so ill chuck them in and thanks i am going to do it today just don't tell the missus :no2: :laff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinky Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 As long as you have spring compressors it shouldn't take too long. If not there isn't really isn't a safe way to compress the springs. You can get a couple of planks of wood/steel, clamps and try to compress them. If the lowered spring don't need any compression when you put them over the strut then you need short stroke struts otherwise expect poor ride quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) the hardest part in this job is removing the nut on top that holds the top hat to the shock shaft. ive had success with clamping the shock tube and using a socket....but only limited success. best bet is a rattle gun and an aircompressor. Edited February 21, 2012 by ke70dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 the hardest part in this job is removing the nut on top that holds the top hat to the shock shaft. Which is why you crack the nut before you jack the car up - the weight of the car does half the work for you, barely even need a breaker bar (but it helps). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 yeah i know that trick, ive had it fail a few times though. just spun even with the weight of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19914afc Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 About an hour for all 4 corners if you have all the right tools and know what to do :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kale Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 chhers guys i agree with ke70 dave that was the hardest part about it here are some pic's i am going to do the rear tomorrow. again thanks for the helpful info guys i appreciate it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 About an hour for all 4 corners if you have all the right tools and know what to do :) Or if you have the tools but don't know what to do, an hour for the first corner and 15 minutes each for the rest :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willis Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Or if you have the tools but don't know what to do, an hour for the first corner and 15 minutes each for the rest :P Took me an hour or more just to do the fronts...I don't know why but I ended up taking my brake caliper off searching for a way to get the brake line out of the tab on the strut if you know what I mean. And from there I had to put the caliper back together, put that back on and discover that I couldn't get the brake line out without cutting the tab. So I didn't even bother removing the strut from the balljoint/tie rod end/whatever and just did it while it was still attached. Was a pretty lame job. First time I had ever done something mechanical. Figuring out how to put the caliper back together was the hardest part lol. Good learning experience though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rolla-Ken Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Sounds like me with mechanical stuff... except I used to panic and brake everything trying to get it back together. :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willis Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Good fun :D haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kale Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 it took me about 3hrs for the front because the rubbers in the shock i reacon where the original set a.k.a they where sreeeeeewwwwd :laff: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxrolla92 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 how much did the wheels set u back they look pretty kool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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