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Posted by KCmustangboy (Member # 1927) on :
 
How easy is it to change the rear shocks on a 94 gt? I have ramps and a jack and everything and I can swap a t5 no prob just never done it. Do I need any help or is this a easy one? anyone have directions on how to do it? Thanks, Casey
 

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Posted by KCmustangboy (Member # 1927) on :
 
Anybody?
 

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Posted by BlackNGold (Member # 655) on :
 
Rear shocks????...There is a bolt at the bottom and a nut at the top...The hardest thing is taking your truck panels out to get to the upper nut...
 

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Posted by 1Sicgt (Member # 714) on :
 
Yeah, its easy. You will need a small wrench to hold the top of the shock shaft from spinning, while you loosen the top nut. Other than that. Its gravy.
 

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Posted by KCmustangboy (Member # 1927) on :
 
Sweet so do I do it with the car on ramps or jack stands on the axles?
 

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Posted by 98slowhoe 'FIFTYLX' (Member # 895) on :
 
put jack stands under the your subframes if you have them or under the torque box area like usual and let the rear end hang and put a jack under the pumpkin as you will need to adjust the jack just a little to be able to wiggle the bolts out the top and bottom.
 

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Posted by blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
I just swapped some bilsteins onto my notch last week and I did it in roughly 30 minutes, just jacked it up by the pumpkin, put jackstands under the axle by the ends, then unbolted the bottom shock bolts, then the tops.

I used the floorjack to compress the shocks enough to fit into the lower mounting brackets as I couldn't compress the bilsteins by hand like the OE shocks that came off. Needless to say the bilstein shock/strut swap was an improvement
 

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Posted by KCmustangboy (Member # 1927) on :
 
Thanks for the advice guys!
 

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Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on :
 

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Originally posted by BlackNGold:
Rear shocks????...There is a bolt at the bottom and a nut at the top...The hardest thing is taking your truck panels out to get to the upper nut...

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The hardest things for me are getting the panels BACK IN! LOL

Piece of cake
 

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Posted by 9lbpony (Member # 3510) on :
 
If you put in adjustable shocks - do your self a favor and "slit" the trunk panels. That way you don't have to remove them to get to the adjustments (assuming it's at the top like the Tokikos)

In normal use you'll never know the trunk panel has been cut.
 

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Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
since ou have a new mustang your fiance should forget about the 90lx and then i can buy it
 

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Posted by KCmustangboy (Member # 1927) on :
 

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Originally posted by TRIXSNK:

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Originally posted by BlackNGold:
Rear shocks????...There is a bolt at the bottom and a nut at the top...The hardest thing is taking your truck panels out to get to the upper nut...

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The hardest things for me are getting the panels BACK IN! LOL

Piece of cake

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