Installing TEIN basics

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:04 pm

They're already set to about 30mm and rusted in place so they're not going to get adjusted. They have top hats on too so by the sounds of it that's going to make things easier

I wanted to change the top hats to the 5 stud ones so I can put my type s strut brace on, but by the sounds of the extra time involved if I get someone to do it for me it would probably work out cheaper to buy a different brace instead...

So with top hats on it should only take a couple hours to do?

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:10 pm

if you have the 5 stud top hats it'l probably only add 15 mins per corner if all comes apart well,

yeah it only takes a few hours start to finish!

having said that mine took me about 6 hours because my tools failed on me

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:12 pm

Thats not so bad, don't I need a spring compressor to get the top hats off to change them tho?

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:16 pm

yeah you do, of which i have some you can borrow after tomorrow!

ill be heading over to my dads in an hour so will check for that heat gun too

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:26 pm

Sweet! Top man

I need to get the top hats off cebul when I get paid then will be good to go at the end of the month.

How can we go about getting it all to me? Postage possible?

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:27 pm

yeah course, pm me your address and ill get the shizzle in the post on monday

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:44 pm

deffo compressor on those springs

or bye bye fingers.

really enjoyed talking cars. its been so damn long i almost forgot how the geek node feels when poked with a stick

you can check they are all free moving before they go on if your changing the tophats. any issues give me a shout

tomorrow is fully planned with carbon goodie finishing and 'making my own'

then pick up the car on monday with all gremlins chased away.

seriously exited!

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:42 pm

5 stud tophats???????????

The rears are 2 stud and the fronts are 3 stud plus 2 strut bar studs on Type S.
Fronts for me were alot harder and the bottom folt bolt had to be sheered off on the Type S and replaced with new the correct way round as they are wrong from factory on all ludes..

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:23 pm

too much punctuation indicates an unstable mind

Post by **Merlin** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:09 am

You may have done this already but you dont need spring compressors to take the top mounts off a set of Tein basics. Also its essential to get a wheel alignment done (but you know this already) even the smallest changes in height will throw off your heel/toe. Whilst you may not notice anything during mundane driving, your on the limit handling may be effected if you dont get an alignment done