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    Default Honda EG coilover install?

    Hey guys.. didn't want to ask this on my home del Sol forum, cause they're a bunch of pricks about questions like this.. hopefully you guys will be nicer.

    So I bought a Tein SS coilover setup from a friend of mine, and I would REALLY like to have it installed before my car goes away for bodywork at the end of the month. My question is, I know I'm going to need a torque wrench, which I have... aside from that, are there any "specialty" tools that I'll need aside from a good set of sockets? I want this to go quickly and painlessly, as the coilovers are on my friend's car now, and we're swapping suspensions, so we would be doing the whole thing in one day. So, what kind of tools should I have to do this in the most efficient way?? (no, I don't have an air compressor )

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    you need a guy to work on cars............

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    1.) A Y chromosome
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    Quote Originally Posted by PacoX
    1.) A Y chromosome
    that would make her XXY, klinefelter syndrome.... you suck at the biology
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    I meant someone with a Y chromosome. Chinaman fails again at English!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PacoX
    I meant someone with a Y chromosome.
    I guess you won't be of any help to her then... hah!
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    Eh, I don't know biology, I'm just basing this on what your mom has told me while I impatiently wait for her to get naked. Chromosome this, X that, Y this, etc. Hell if I know!

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    Hmmm.... just like I needed a Y chromosome to do my motor swap, build my motor, sand down my car, do my oil changes, polish my valve cover, install my system, and custom wrap my interior???

    How about you both STFU, get out of my thread, and hopefully someone with INTELLIGENCE, and not just a penis that he lets think for him, will post.

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    Its a Honda so once you have 10mm 12mm 14mm and 17mm sockets youll be good to go! and corresponding wrenches of course

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    Quote Originally Posted by HerSideKick
    Its a Honda so once you have 10mm 12mm 14mm and 17mm sockets youll be good to go! and corresponding wrenches of course
    Yep, thats all you need. I can help you get this done. Where are you located?


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    Quote Originally Posted by aaronfelipe
    Yep, thats all you need. I can help you get this done. Where are you located?
    yeah! im down too! i wanna see another del sol! ive only been close to my 2 and Silversol's

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    Don't forget the big ass socket to get the axle nut off Can bring it by my shop if you want...don't have the flu this time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by xPhantomSolx
    Hmmm.... just like I needed a Y chromosome to do my motor swap, build my motor, sand down my car, do my oil changes, polish my valve cover, install my system, and custom wrap my interior???

    How about you both STFU, get out of my thread, and hopefully someone with INTELLIGENCE, and not just a penis that he lets think for him, will post.
    ur gona want an impactgun especally if you have to do it twice (wow what a short fuse)

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    Quote Originally Posted by wantboost
    ur gona want an impactgun especally if you have to do it twice (wow what a short fuse)
    impact for what? the lugs nuts? No room for an impact, don't you mean air ratchet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    Don't forget the big ass socket to get the axle nut off Can bring it by my shop if you want...don't have the flu this time!
    why would you need that ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by aaronfelipe
    why would you need that ?
    You're right, i've done smoked myself retarded...wait, i don't smoke...lol. Just pull the bolt out of the spindle and nuts off the top sliding it all out...put the spindle on the new shock and slide it back in (gonna have to tie the brake line to the SS because it doesn't come with a mount). The rear is easier but can sometimes be a pain in the ass if you can't pull it down far enough so you have to disconnect the rear sway. i don't know what i was thinkin with the axle nut

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    lol you threw me off there.


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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    impact for what? the lugs nuts? No room for an impact, don't you mean air ratchet?
    of course i got both and used the wrench when i did mine. but then again it wasnt a honda

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    Quote Originally Posted by aaronfelipe
    why would you need that ?
    besides to get the axle nut off
    i guess just in case she gets frustrated and has to drop the whole assembly without it being in the lower arm as opposed to bearing down on the assembly and taking the shocks out of the fork? might be less time consuming in the long run... i switch up so i have yet to figure out which is an easier method

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    Quote Originally Posted by HerSideKick
    besides to get the axle nut off
    i guess just in case she gets frustrated and has to drop the whole assembly without it being in the lower arm as opposed to bearing down on the assembly and taking the shocks out of the fork? might be less time consuming in the long run... i switch up so i have yet to figure out which is an easier method
    I have never done it that method. Never had a problem...


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    Quote Originally Posted by HerSideKick
    besides to get the axle nut off
    i guess just in case she gets frustrated and has to drop the whole assembly without it being in the lower arm as opposed to bearing down on the assembly and taking the shocks out of the fork? might be less time consuming in the long run... i switch up so i have yet to figure out which is an easier method
    me too...but sometimes doing other work at the same time that requires pulling the nut off anyways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    me too...but sometimes doing other work at the same time that requires pulling the nut off anyways.
    Yes. I agree with that.


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    This is wat u will need

    -10 mm
    -12 mm
    -14 mm
    -17 mm
    -another 17 mm to get the fork bolts off
    -a hammer
    -WD 40 maybe
    -and that is basically it.......no need for axle bolt to be off
    -just unbolt the 14 mm that holds the fork to the shocks in the front and the shocks should just ease out

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