DIY Change Absorber Or Spring

[ken12292703]

Place your tray :)

 

[ken12292703]

Place your upper mount :)

 

[ken12292703]

Tighten the top nut :)

 

[ken12292703]

Put some grease at the bearings and cover the cap. :) Replace it like how you took it out and IT'S DONE! :lol:

 

[ken12292703]

Drive your car to correct your alignment and it's done. This APM sportec lowered my 1.3 proton satria until 1 finger cleareance between the tyre and the fender for the front. :) The back i leave it stock because i don't like the car to look like a boat. :lol: Just joking.

Thank you for the www.zerotohundred.com member who sold me this set of spring.


The most important is; thank you to my beloved gf that took the pictures because my hands are damn dirty. :)

Conclusion;

COST - RM5+- for the compressor and if buy tools also nevermind as i like to collect them. Drink plain water with ice lahh, no need to buy 100PLUS.

TIME - depends on how fast you can do it.

RESULTS - i am not using it for racing, it's for the lowered look and quite comfortable. Make your hands dirty for a few days. You can't remove 100% in one day.

 

[ken12292703]

fstrader Posted: Oct 4 2004, 11:19


wahhh ken, i wanna change back to original springs wor...can help kah? muahahhahaha

nice job.

Can can can fstrader tai korr. Drive to malacca and we do together. Change back to original liao larr? Leaving the modfication world? Sad :(

 

[ksgoh]

Originally posted by ken12292703@Oct 4 2004, 12:10

fstrader Posted: Oct 4 2004, 11:19


wahhh ken, i wanna change back to original springs wor...can help kah? muahahhahaha

nice job.

Can can can fstrader tai korr. Drive to malacca and we do together. Change back to original liao larr? Leaving the modfication world? Sad :(

i want too.....can help?? :P

 

[badguy]

can teach how to do the "COMPRESSOR"??
wat we need to buy and wat to do after buying!!
i also plan to change the absorbar

need to realign the chamber of it is it??

 

[ksgoh]

normally compress spring more expensive or cheap?

 

[GForce]

where is the bearings located? and how it looks?

anyway, thanks alot for your DIY guides!!!

 

[demuire]

Be really careful if doing it without a spring compressor (in fact I'd almost say DON'T DO IT!), depending on car and how much tension is on the spring, it can shoot the top hat and strut top REALLY hard and REALLY far! People have been killed by them you know...

 

[ksgoh]

walao....can kill ppl somemore.....how they do that? without a proper tool...

 

[ninja_iga]

YES

plspls be VERY careful with taking the top mount off.
heads have been known to be severely mutilated.

but making it lie flat away from objects are safer... and the bucket to catch it too.

but pls always use a spring compressor.

 

[badguy]

if i don't want to buy a spring compressor then how can i DIY the spring compressor ??

 

[ksgoh]

how much will be the spring compressor?? service centre got ar??

 

[ken12292703]

Sorry for the late reply, i'll take picture and let you all know... :(

 

[ken12292703]

Hie, as i mentioned i did it with two methods. It is very dangerous if you didn't use a spring compressor without any blocking. I lay down the absorber and then FACE the head of the absorber towards the mouth of the strong bucket and "TOING" everything goes in there. I did the left side with compressor and right side without. :)

 

[badguy]

Originally posted by ken12292703@Oct 5 2004, 15:35
Hie, as i mentioned i did it with two methods. It is very dangerous if you didn't use a spring compressor without any blocking. I lay down the absorber and then FACE the head of the absorber towards the mouth of the strong bucket and "TOING" everything goes in there. I did the left side with compressor and right side without. :)

wait for ur reply
thanks very much!!!

RM5 can do a compressor hahahahah
i soon will need to change the front ABS loh!
so if can DIY wah is very good!

 

[ksgoh]

RM5 can do a compressor, then should let service centre do that since it is very dangerous......
ya...malaysia boleh in everything....

 

[ken12292703]

Hie,

This is how i did the compressor.

I recommend to use 6 - 10 inches long bolt with FULL THREAD for better compression.

This is what we need.