cusco coilovers installed

[badhabitz]

alright guys i just finished the install yesterday

thanks john at bulletproof for hooking it up with the cuscos the total time for the whole install took me about 2 hours.

ok lets start with the rear cause that is the easiest i was able to have access to a lift and power tools so it made things a lot quicker.
these are the tools i used
20mm for the lug nuts
14mm for the rear strut nut
14mm for the inside rear strut nut

so the first thing i did was pop of the plastic cover in the inside of the car then loosen the 14mm thats holding the strut to the car

then i lifted up the car and the springs fell off and the strut came out also


this is wat the stock ones look like compared to the cusco

go ahead and transfer over the plastic shield for the rear strut to the cuscos so they look like this

i wasnt sure wat side the spring goes but i figured the adjusters went below but others say they go on top
transfer over the rubbers from top to bottom on the spring

stick the strut on and hand tighten the 14mm for the strut for now and put the spring onto the subframe use a jack and jack up the subframe

align everything and get the spring to line up and the strut to enter the car with no problem

tighten all the bolts and the rear is done
this is wat is should look like when its done i didnt slam the rear all the way



now to the fronts

push in the plastic clips there are 3 one right one left and one in the middle

next pull the panels out making sure nothing is caught onto it

disconnect the windshield washer fluid from the left and the rest of thepanels should come out looking like this

pop off the wiper covers and take the nuts out using a 14mm wiggle it out and they should come out

then the rest ofthe panels should come out

take the rubber boot off the top

i was lucky to have this tool an angled wrench 17 and a allen to take the front struts out with not too much of a problem because theres not a lot of room to work with and people always cut there hands.

loosen the top nut and now at the bottom take the 2 19mm nuts off holding the strut to the spindle ,take the sway bar link off using a 17mm, and take off the 14mm bolt holding the brake line on.

i used a bungy cored to hold on the to brake rotor from dangaling around but after u take out the strut it looks empty like this

some use a spring compressor to take out the spring because we are going to have to use the top mounts for they are not given. what i did was put the strut on the ground have a friend stand on it and i used my impact to take it out applying pressure and bam it comes right out dont be scared it wasnt too bad.

i didnt reused the bump stopper and the boot cause cusco already provides those.


next i put the strut in and pushed up on the strut and tightend the 17mm on top by hand till i couldnt any more.

then i reinstalled the bolt and nut for the shock and the sway bar link and the brake line.

to make things easier i used a jack to push up on this assembly to line up with the shock

tighten everything and then the top nut comes which took me like 5 minutes to tighten with not a lot of room to work with

i put all the panels back and double checked my work

lowered the car and slammed the fronts all the way

the install is finally complete here are some pics of my car hope you guys enjoyed it