Who has installed Megan Coilovers?

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by 03Z33

I'm trying to upload the picture from the repair manual right now.

You must have the strut bearing and the nut tightened onto the strut before installing the upper rubber portion and before installing the strut into the car. There needs to be some preload on the spring (or at least the ability to preload it).

From the picture it looks like the stock strut bearing may press right into the red anodized spring seat? If so, then you should be able to tighten the nut up to the bearing before installing into the car.

I had originally used the entire seat from the OEM strut. Is this not correct? How do I get just the bearing off? That'd make some sense. Currently, this is what the assembly looks like (gotta love MS paint and that fact that I haven't taken any photos of the actual setup yet):