http://johnclarkemills.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=StrutTowerLowering StrutTowerLowering - Revision history 2026-04-15T08:23:45Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.12.0 http://johnclarkemills.com/w/index.php?title=StrutTowerLowering&diff=1369&oldid=prev Millsj at 03:45, 9 January 2006 2006-01-09T03:45:01Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 03:45, 9 January 2006</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This is actually quite easy to do. All you have to do is jack up the front of the car and unattach the sway bar from the control arms. Now support the strut with a jack from underneath and unscrew the strut from the body. Then lower the jack. With a little bit of force you lower the strut.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This is actually quite easy to do. All you have to do is jack up the front of the car and unattach the sway bar from the control arms. Now support the strut with a jack from underneath and unscrew the strut from the body. Then lower the jack. With a little bit of force you lower the strut.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;b&gt;Notice the silver metal spacer on top of the strut:&lt;/b&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:strut lowered.JPG]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:strut lowered.JPG]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;b&gt;Now you can see how <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">one </del>sticks up <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">higher than </del>the <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other</del>&lt;/b&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;b&gt;Now you can see how <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the finished shock on the far side </ins>sticks up <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">farther into </ins>the <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">engine bay:</ins>&lt;/b&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:one side done.JPG]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:one side done.JPG]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;b&gt;Here is what the spacers look like&lt;/b&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;b&gt;Here is what the spacers look like <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">removed:</ins>&lt;/b&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:both spacers.JPG]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Image:both spacers.JPG]]</div></td></tr> </table> Millsj http://johnclarkemills.com/w/index.php?title=StrutTowerLowering&diff=1365&oldid=prev Millsj at 03:38, 9 January 2006 2006-01-09T03:38:58Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>As many of you know, there is a little 3/4&quot; spacer on top of the strut in between the shock tower and the perch that the spring sits in. This leads the car to be &quot;uneven&quot;, lower in the back and higher in the front. This was added when this car was first brought to America to comply with safety standards but really serves no other purpose, so it was time remove it.<br /> <br /> This is actually quite easy to do. All you have to do is jack up the front of the car and unattach the sway bar from the control arms. Now support the strut with a jack from underneath and unscrew the strut from the body. Then lower the jack. With a little bit of force you lower the strut.<br /> <br /> [[Image:strut lowered.JPG]]<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;Now you can see how one sticks up higher than the other&lt;/b&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:one side done.JPG]]<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;Here is what the spacers look like&lt;/b&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:both spacers.JPG]]</div> Millsj