Spring Install - Where?
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From: formerly versionJDM
Originally Posted by WyattH,Sep 26 2008, 04:39 PM
Glad you checked 'em out, Louie. What did you have done there?
How have you been?
It's a small.. interesting.. looking shop. But the guys know their stuff and do a great job for a good price.
How have you been?
It's a small.. interesting.. looking shop. But the guys know their stuff and do a great job for a good price.
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From: Seattle
Originally Posted by WyattH,Sep 25 2008, 08:00 AM
and while it should take an hour, it ends up taking 3 because of either stupid gas lines, extremely tight bolts that require breaker bars and trips to the tool store, lunch break, etc etc unforeseeable problems. 
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yeah. i think the only thing that REALLY takes an hour is an air filter swap. anything more than that and you run into unknown problems! lol
*proof i'm probably just mentally slow. i bet RT and WSB can install a new valvetrain or a new final gear in 20-25 minutes.
*proof i'm probably just mentally slow. i bet RT and WSB can install a new valvetrain or a new final gear in 20-25 minutes.
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Wyatt: I actually know Jerry from the YMCA. I work on the weekends so I run into him... I also see him when I go there to exercise mon-fri...
He told me he was in a market for a s2k and he told me he was trying to get his friend "Wyatt" to sell him one...
He told me he was in a market for a s2k and he told me he was trying to get his friend "Wyatt" to sell him one...
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That is hilarious. Wow.
Yeah, we threw that idea around for a while and if he's still interested, he still can. We are trying to convince him to get an IS300.
Hopefully he doesn't get a car until the summer then I can sell him a cleaned-up S2000!
I'm sure I've seen you at the YMCA. I worked there over the summer with the Fit For Fun day camp.
Yeah, we threw that idea around for a while and if he's still interested, he still can.
We are trying to convince him to get an IS300.Hopefully he doesn't get a car until the summer then I can sell him a cleaned-up S2000!
I'm sure I've seen you at the YMCA. I worked there over the summer with the Fit For Fun day camp.
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From: Seattle
Originally Posted by s2kaddicted,Sep 25 2008, 09:44 AM
Wyatt, you can use my garage (house is near gravelly lake/lakewood) if you want to swap your springs. Although, I have never done a coilover/spring install on the s2k, I have done plenty of installs on other cars (3000gt, eclipse, civic hatch, integra gsr to name a few). Plus, we have our helpful DIY section like AP2Drifter has mentioned.
I have pneumatic tools, jacks, and some energy drinks so everything is good to go.
Also* You don't really need a compressor tool for just removing the springs. You can use a high tension rope and tie the springs while they are still compressed in the struts. When you remove the struts, the rope will prevent the springs from decompression and for a safe removal. (It always saved me a trip to autozone and borrowing a spring compressor)
I have pneumatic tools, jacks, and some energy drinks so everything is good to go.
Also* You don't really need a compressor tool for just removing the springs. You can use a high tension rope and tie the springs while they are still compressed in the struts. When you remove the struts, the rope will prevent the springs from decompression and for a safe removal. (It always saved me a trip to autozone and borrowing a spring compressor)