Dakloog
Active member
Hello all,
I have an '03 ALH in desperate need of some attention. After months of collecting dust I have purchased the car from a friend lacking the funds to clean her up. I've just started ripping out the suspension and replacing with the ECS street coilovers and in the process have found several lose bolts and missing parts (byproduct of a previous half assed Raceland install). I successfully installed the two front struts and one rear shock and spring and have now run into a bit of an issue... I bought the car with tuner bolts and have been swapping them for standard 17 mm bolts as I've gone, however one bolt on the final wheel is stripped and no matter what I try I can't seem to get the damned thing off. So that leads me to my question, is it possible to uninstall the old shock and spring and swap them out with the wheel still on? I'd rather not risk driving it to a tire shop as the spring appears to have been heated and hardly stays in position while sitting. I cant imagine how easy it'd be for it to fall out with the roads out here...
Thanks for the help
I have an '03 ALH in desperate need of some attention. After months of collecting dust I have purchased the car from a friend lacking the funds to clean her up. I've just started ripping out the suspension and replacing with the ECS street coilovers and in the process have found several lose bolts and missing parts (byproduct of a previous half assed Raceland install). I successfully installed the two front struts and one rear shock and spring and have now run into a bit of an issue... I bought the car with tuner bolts and have been swapping them for standard 17 mm bolts as I've gone, however one bolt on the final wheel is stripped and no matter what I try I can't seem to get the damned thing off. So that leads me to my question, is it possible to uninstall the old shock and spring and swap them out with the wheel still on? I'd rather not risk driving it to a tire shop as the spring appears to have been heated and hardly stays in position while sitting. I cant imagine how easy it'd be for it to fall out with the roads out here...
Thanks for the help