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Old May 30, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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Hey guys,

Im going to install Buddyclub N+ coils on my car this Tuesday and was wondering if there are any tutorials on how to do so. Any help would be much appreciated! Btw, my car is an 05.

-Greg
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Old May 30, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=259346

Search... learn to use it.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 08:45 PM
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i already looked at his post, but the pics arent working so its not all too useful. :\
So i guess i did already search, but came up with nothing good.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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If you have some mechanical inclination it should be pretty easy. The hardest part is getting to the driver side rear 14mm bolts near the fuel rail. Other than that it's pretty straight forward. Just make sure the coilovers are set equally before you install them and double check everything is tightened down.
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Old May 30, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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its really seems like a bigger deal than it is.
you will need to open your gas door and take the nuts off so you can bend the fuel lines out of the way to remove the rear sway bar.
other than that you can kinda just look at what you need to unbolt.
i would not mess with the preload on the coils at all,...if you want it slammed, you can twist the bottom up about an inch and that should be super nice ride height,....my friend and i didnt think an inch would be enough so we went like 2 1/2 and it was tucked about half way down the tire. had to redo the whole thing after
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Old May 31, 2010 | 01:57 AM
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you can use this as referance: https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=441565, install should be pretty straight forward and you'll need to use zip-ties for the brake lines.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 05:53 AM
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for the front all you need to do is remove the bottom bolt on the suspension, i think its a 19mm. take out the control arm ( looks like a horse shoe. the strut is surrounded by it}. and take out the two from under the hood, thats it for the front.


for the rear i didnt have to take out the fuel lines but i did because the nut fell into the hole. open the gas tank and you will see 3 8mm bolts. take those out and remove all the bolts holding the rear sway bar. you will also have to take out the spare tire. after that same thing, 19mm bolt on the bottom of the strut and the 2 bolts holding the suspension in the trunk.

also the front has a bolt holding the break lines


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Old May 31, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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Good info here. Let us know how it came out man!!
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Make sure you load the suspension before tightening the mounting bolts. You can load it by using a jack under the suspension until the car JUST raises up from the jackstand at that corner, then torquing to spec.
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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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thanks for the help guys. Installed two sets of coils the other day. The first set took me a while but once i figured everything out, the second car was a piece of cake!
Now my car is sitting nice and low!
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