Installing Eibach's Pro-kit
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Car: 88 Iroc
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Installing Eibach's Pro-kit
What is the fastest and easiest way to install the front springs on an 88 Iroc. I was searching but found nothing. It looks like it might be a little complicated, but any advise will help.
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Not complicated. Need a couple big sockets and wrenches, and a coupl jacks (I have a floor and a little bottle jack)
Drive car on ramps
Loosen lug nuts
Jack car up
place car on jack stands
remove tires and ramps
Remove brake calipers and the brake line connection to the strut, and secure them out of the way
remove swaybar end links
jack up lower control arm (I use my floor jack)
remove the nut on the top of the strut
remove both lower strut mount bolts
slowly let the control arm sag towards the floor. I usually end up getting another jack involved at this point as I never jack the car high enough. The concept is to let the control arm sag to the lowest point it will go. Once it it there I grab the spring down low where it connects with the control arm, give the control arm a small kick and pull the spring loose.
Make sure you look at the directions for re-installation, as there is a specific way the springs go back in. I usually line up where the bottom is supposed to go, so that I am holding the spring correctly and them put the top in, checking to make sure it is in the correct position and then jack the control arm back up, securing the spring.
I usually then secure the top strut bolt finger tight and then put the rest of the strut bolts in. That way I can jack the control arm and twist the strut without having to hold it up at the same time.
Reverse the rest of the process and you should be good to go. Look up all the tq values and make sure everything is tq'd correctly. Then go get it re-aligned.
Good Luck!
Drive car on ramps
Loosen lug nuts
Jack car up
place car on jack stands
remove tires and ramps
Remove brake calipers and the brake line connection to the strut, and secure them out of the way
remove swaybar end links
jack up lower control arm (I use my floor jack)
remove the nut on the top of the strut
remove both lower strut mount bolts
slowly let the control arm sag towards the floor. I usually end up getting another jack involved at this point as I never jack the car high enough. The concept is to let the control arm sag to the lowest point it will go. Once it it there I grab the spring down low where it connects with the control arm, give the control arm a small kick and pull the spring loose.
Make sure you look at the directions for re-installation, as there is a specific way the springs go back in. I usually line up where the bottom is supposed to go, so that I am holding the spring correctly and them put the top in, checking to make sure it is in the correct position and then jack the control arm back up, securing the spring.
I usually then secure the top strut bolt finger tight and then put the rest of the strut bolts in. That way I can jack the control arm and twist the strut without having to hold it up at the same time.
Reverse the rest of the process and you should be good to go. Look up all the tq values and make sure everything is tq'd correctly. Then go get it re-aligned.
Good Luck!
Last edited by cg91ta; Sep 5, 2002 at 04:04 PM.
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Car: '88 Iroc, '91 RS, and a '70 RS
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Look here for the play by play of my install. You have to make sure you get the springs indexed correctly in the a-arm or you'll sit way too high in the front.
Ed
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...per+recall+kit
Look here for the play by play of my install. You have to make sure you get the springs indexed correctly in the a-arm or you'll sit way too high in the front.
Ed
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...per+recall+kit
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