Sean T

and what other tools did you find to be helpful/necessary?
Thanks,
Sean

s4wood

Coilovers, compared to other things, are sorta easy compared to installing separate spring and shock aftermarket stuff. The hard part with coilover installation is to get the ride height the way you want it...and then then hassle or readjusting them AFTER the cars settles in a week or so.

You need spanner wrenches though....Corey has some and might let you borrow them. I think Audiboy has spanner wrenches also.

Rich L.

You will need spring compressors to get the stock springs and shocks off. If you're removing then reinstalling coilovers, then you don't.

Rich

s4wood

Very good point...I forgot that

Corey S

You might need spring compressors for the coilovers anyway, depends on what the free length of the spring is. Don't know about the Koni coilovers, but the Neuspeed Race lowering springs required spring compressors.

I think you can mostly assume that the stiffer the spring, the less free length it will have (in order to work correctly in the car).

Sean T

Now I think I've decided on springs+shocks
so i pretty much need them no matter what...
bummer

Sean

mrnitrous422

i put in my coilovers w/ the spring perches ALL the way down, and i still needed to compress the springs a bit to install the cap. It also makes the rears easier to install too. M "koni" springs were green. im curious if anyone got different colored ones. Im also thinkin about trying different springs w/ the koni coilover shox. Any recommendations?

mrnitrous422

oops... sorry about the extra copies.