How-To: Lowering Springs (VAP)
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After swapping from stock to Mina to VAP I decided to make a video guide in case you want to attempt this at home. All tools are in the description. Takes about 4 hours the first time (assuming you have all the tools and nothing breaks/gets stuck), and second time took about 2.5 hours.
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A few comments:
- Good balance between detail and brevity. Ten minutes or less is a good length for this sort of thing. Of course, more complicated operations would need more time.
- The front will be a little different on RWD cars. I haven't done this yet so can't say exactly how, but the lower half of the shock is different because it doesn't need to clear the driveshaft.
- It looks like the only think holding the rear inner panel was the wires for the light. Removing the panel completely gives more room to work.
- Minor nit-pick: Those aren't sensors at the top of the shock. That's for powering the valves to control damping. The sensors are elsewhere (attached to control arms).
And a question:
- On the rears, does the spring have any preload once that top nut is tightened, or does the spring float around a little? For the V6 it can float a little. I'm not certain what to do about that. I have some spare shocks with springs fitted and put in a 1/2" spacer on the lower spring seat to address that, but have yet to install them.
- Good balance between detail and brevity. Ten minutes or less is a good length for this sort of thing. Of course, more complicated operations would need more time.
- The front will be a little different on RWD cars. I haven't done this yet so can't say exactly how, but the lower half of the shock is different because it doesn't need to clear the driveshaft.
- It looks like the only think holding the rear inner panel was the wires for the light. Removing the panel completely gives more room to work.
- Minor nit-pick: Those aren't sensors at the top of the shock. That's for powering the valves to control damping. The sensors are elsewhere (attached to control arms).
And a question:
- On the rears, does the spring have any preload once that top nut is tightened, or does the spring float around a little? For the V6 it can float a little. I'm not certain what to do about that. I have some spare shocks with springs fitted and put in a 1/2" spacer on the lower spring seat to address that, but have yet to install them.
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