zacs2K

Ok guys, I did this today and grabbed my phone and snapped a few pics (sorry for the shitty pics). I noticed that there isn't a thread for the install of these, just a bunch of threads with assholes making fun of others thinking they are "stupid" because they weren't born with the knowledge of puting driveshaft spacers on. Mods consider this for the diy/fact/install thread list.

-zac

I bought the GTMotoring Spacers for a GREAT price. They come with all the necessary hardware for the install.





1st

Losen your lug nuts while the car is on the ground


2nd

Jack the rear of the vehicle up. The pumpkin is a good spot for the jack.




3rd

Place a jackstand on each side of the vehicle, I used these spots...





4th

remove the lug nuts the rest of the way and take the 2 rear wheels off


5th

Remove the axle bolts, there are 6 on each side. The left side is easy to get to, the right side is hard with the stock exhaust on, its in the way. They are torqued pretty ****in tight, I used a breaker bar to get them loose.




6th

Once the bolts and nuts are removed, remove the top 2 A-arm bolts,





7th

the spring may be in the way on either side for one side, simply jack the unit up so it compresses and then you can fit a wrench in there.




8th

Also, make sure you remove the screw for the brake line before you let the a-arm drop, this way you can avoid possibly tearing the line...




9th

Now you can pull the axle shaft out so you may slide the spacer in there. I used the GTMotoring spacers, they were grooved to fit in there a certain way so make sure they are in correctly.



10th

Now just use the provided bolts and bolt it on, the right side is alot harder to bolt on than the left due to the exhaust being in the way. It may be easier to do it with the exhaust off.

Finished product:

wisdom

Homer Simpson

Nice!

Great write-up!

Avionics86

Did this a couple of years ago with the blue spacers and snapped the bolts provided with the kit when I tried to torque to factory specifications. Went with a harder grade of bolt in a standard size. Spacers still on the car with no problems.

tronvex

Great write up. Looking forward to doing it when I decide to lower the S

//steve\\

Is this possible to do without messing with the control arm? I only ask b/c even though you don't make alignment changes from those bolts the alignment isn't going to be the same when you get everything back together. No sure exactly how much it'll throw it off but imagine some. Someone with a little more knowledge might be able to chime in and tell me it won't be off enough to matter.

Olegator

2 piece spacers let you do that

negcamber

I don't recommend spacers unless you use the 2-piece. For the effort to put the one piece spacers in, you can swap CV buckets to get rid of the shakes for free.

Good write up none the less.

zacs2K

bad things happen with 2 piece spacers

//steve\\

^such as. I'm pretty sure most of the people using these things are using the two piece ones. Once bolted in I don't see how a single piece is going to be that much better.