new owner but old owner wants a slap

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:55 pm

rears are the worst to do lol

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:55 pm

mercutio wrote:rears are the worst to do lol

That would be 3 Para not 2 Para!

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:05 pm

oh great was guna do rears on my 5th this weekend doesnt seem 2 hard from the looks of things lol any pointers?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:26 pm

the real problem with doing the rear suspension is getting the struts out and back in again they are quite tall and there isn't a lot of room

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:54 pm

well the rears are fitted and theres about a quarter of an inch difference in arch gap (finger test lol) but thats most likely due to the springs being inused for ages and my driveway is slighty on the body lemonade but measured from the bottom of the arch to the floor from where it meets the sill and there equal any way looks mint and doing oil change tomorrow and i went with 10w 40 magnetec as unsure of the previous oil used so going safe for now lol

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:14 pm

nah still not happy with the height difference guna take passenger side one off again tomorrow as its the higher of the 2 see if something is a miss thinking maybe the rubber seat for the top of the spring might not be sat proper will see tomorrow lol

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:38 am

they normally take a couple of days or up to a week to settle down

Post by **Doggo** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 1:45 pm

Have to wonder why you wouldn't notice the handling with one shortie.... I had a spring break quite near the end on a Focus once... the turn-in got very strange, a floaty kind of understeer, then if you were pressing a little the lift-off oversteer became hilarous. I wouldn't recommend it though.