apitner

Hey guys, I recently had an incident involving some road work & a really big curb... needless to say it wasn't pretty lol. Anyway the lower control arm and shock/strut on the front passenger side are pretty much toast. I'm fixing them myself & I know what to do but I am looking for a little help.

Anyone have any tips/ tricks to simplify things? Pictures or videos would be great!

criminaltc

I'm not trying to be funny, but it is all bolts. Take your wheel off and study it. Just start removing things one at a time, and you'll start seeing what you are replacing and how it bolts up. Good luck, but you'll be fine

sdsnybny

iTrader: (1)

All the Toyota/Scion shop repair manuals can be downloaded free here good luck.
http://scionlife.org/Scion_Docs/

itscurtsk

just look up the SPRING installation DIY. rent a spring compressor.

LEDeZ

Are you sure those are the only things that are wrong?

apitner

Yeah I figured it couldn't be too bad. I just didn't want to start taking things off & then get in way over my head. & Thanks for the link to the manual! I've been looking for one online but i didn't think to look there

apitner

Yeah i got it looked at by a mechanic, but I'm not willing to pay them a ridiculous amount for the parts. I work at Advance so I can get them at a much better price. I just reached 96,000 miles so the shocks are about due to be replaced anyway, I figured I might as well while I'm under there.

LEDeZ

It's pretty simple and straight forward. Not much short cuts you can do.