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i need to go somewhere cheap but good service to take my springs off and put the stocks back on? or if anyone on here can do it for me sometime this week? let me know please thanks. the best quote i got was $135, but wont be able to do it until next week. [worship]

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If you got a quote to do all 4 for $135 you should take it to that shop and say THANK YOU!

I'll help you do the rears free, but fronts alone need to have the struts removed/replaced.

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quote:
Originally posted by hidnn.o.s.:
If you got a quote to do all 4 for $135 you should take it to that shop and say THANK YOU!

I'll help you do the rears free, but fronts alone need to have the struts removed/replaced.

damn I didn't even offer doing the rears.what a cool guy.thanks don,just been so busy.

hey bro,try calling cypress auto see if you can buy the stock front struts w/springs.that way we can just slap those on.

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if you were in sac i would have you bring the struts in to me and i would do it for free

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go to work monte get of this damned site haha

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quote:
Originally posted by hidnn.o.s.:
If you got a quote to do all 4 for $135 you should take it to that shop and say THANK YOU!

I'll help you do the rears free, but fronts alone need to have the struts removed/replaced.

Wow thanks Don I highly appreciate that. What's the address so I can come through? Let me know when's the best time to come. Thanks again!

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quote:
Originally posted by hidnn.o.s.:
If you got a quote to do all 4 for $135 you should take it to that shop and say THANK YOU!

I'll help you do the rears free, but fronts alone need to have the struts removed/replaced.

Wow thanks Don I highly appreciate that. What's the address so I can come through? Let me know when's the best time to come. Thanks again!

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the rear is very easy, basically unbolt the shocks and the springs come out.

the front you need something like this -
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=43753

a shop should have something like this to use -
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45860

as you need to compress the springs to get them off the struts, once you've removed them from the car...

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quote:
Originally posted by Blind:
the rear is very easy, basically unbolt the shocks and the springs come out.

Not that easy to re-install the stock springs. I re-installed my stock rear springs Sunday to toss on my slicks and hit the track Wednesday. You have to drop the sway bar bolts as well. When I removed them I unbolted the shocks and was able to push hard enough and slide them off, to get them back in is another story but only and hour or so of time.

Let me know this weekend when works for you. Meet me off 101 at the shop in Rohnert Park and I'll do the rear with ya. Fronts I can't do.

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