Nice write up! I printed them and istalled my Tein S with my Brother in Law this afternoon. All hand tools. Took a couple hours but dang, the instructions were spot on! Thank you!

 

i installed some h techs today and forgot to put the felt washer back on one side...made it a touch longer to do. Now i just need to get it to stop pulling to the left...but great write up.

 

great guide, it helped me install some df210s. but now i'm getting this weird sound and i think its coming from the rear. i know it would be hard for somebody to tell what it is without actually hearing it, but can anbody maybe tell me what to check and look for back there?

 

the springs in the rear usually end up having dead coils....so when the coils compress, they actually touch eachother a little. The touching makes a little creaking sound, usually if you push on your bumper or rock your car up and down. The df210s are supposed to come with black spring wrap. You should wrap this stuff around the rear springs, starting with the bottom and wrap it going up. It's supposed to stop the noise.

I have the same springs, and I wrapped them, but the still creak a little when I get in and out of the car. Nobody like that sound, but its not harmful or anything.

 

its not a creaking sound. its when im driving around that i hear it. i'm gonna see about checking all the bolts and making sure that their all tightened right. maybe this will fix it? sometimes it sounds like it starts on one side and then fades to the other side.

 

I figured it out. It was the brake dust covers in the front rubbing. I guess when I pulled out the strut I bent them forward enough that they would rub. I just bent them back into place and I don't hear that noise at all anymore.

 

i'm going to try it this weekend. wish me luck ya'll

 

I did this install this week. I had some trouble puting the fronts on though... I just took the struts to the Tirekingdom down the street and they my new springs on fo $44 it was nice and easy for me. I came back home put them on and reintalled my windshield wiper assembly.

Thanks man for the great write up!

 

Nice. So how did you remove the windshied wiper assembly? I tried that, but didn't have enought time to fool with it.

I got the back goldlines in fine (xA) but the fronts are going to be trouble. I think I'll need to remove that windshield cowl. Anybody take pics of this, or have advice? Thanks.

Great thread!

 

Don't bother, a wrench will work fine.

 

Just did mine with no problems. A 12mm combination wrench will take care of the nuts on top of the strut towers. Take your time putting the strut back on and get someone to help you as it is difficult to manuever everthing and line up the bolt holes by your self.

 

What do you think?

 

i will put some pics up on the window assembly later tonight.

 

Thanks for the advice. I'm gonna buy a combo wrench and take care of it in the next few days. Meanwhile, I'm driving around half-lowered and feeling...pretty cool...

 

Okay, I did the backs. It wasn't too bad. I also removed the windshield assembly, since I didn't have a combination wrench, but I did have a repair manual.

One thing I noticed...I had some trouble with the ABS wire, I think. It drooled a little bit of fluid from both sides, but not much at all. Is this normal? My car seems to drive fine...

 

DUDE!!! If you're leaking brake fluid at all, GET IT FIXED QUICK!!!
It may seem fine now...till you're exiting the freeway and plow into a truck at 80mph, because your brakes don't work.

Please, get it fixed quick!!!
Seriously. I'm not being an ___ about it. Please, get it fixed.

 

Did you remove the 14mm bolt that holds the brake line to the back of the rear hub? If not, when the swing arm dropped without the shock to limit travel you probably damaged the lines. Make sure the resivoir is full and go get it checked.

 

Thanks for the quick replies. yeah, I undid the 14mm bolt before letting the swingarm down, just like the directions said. The strange thing is that I followed the directions specifically, and about 1 teaspoon of fluid leaked out of the ABS line of each side. It seemed like a tiny amount of fluid, but in equal proportions and from both sides. I undid the bolts, moved the lines out of the way of the swingarm, and in doing so, a few drops spilled out. After that, no leaking at all. What's the deal with that?

However, I will go get things checked, since that seems to be the pragmatic thing to do. Any other thoughts you folks may have on this would be helpful. Maybe the about details will help out.

I just thought that moving the ABS wire gently out of the way shouldn't result in that moisture leaking out...of both wires? WEIRD.

 

Anyone? I'm still planning on getting it checked. Anybody else have this happen?

 

not me check just to be sure man.