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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 01:40 AM
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Just finished, changing springs with jackstand and hand tools it is the biggest pain.

Old Oct 23, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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haha thats how i did mine on both my stangs...the first one took me like 10 hours, no joke!

but after i knew all the tricks, the second took me like 2 hours haha
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 01:54 AM
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yea i started around 4 today.......... took 5 hours to do just the front.....

but i tried getting around the tie rod, sway bar..... and the control arm.... didnt work out that way... then the power steering was in the way to get the control arm bolt out. Had to take strut bolts out......... The spring clamps bolts were too long too....
which made it harder.......
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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Are you guys serious? I had never done it before and it took me like 3 hours with the control arms and new shocks and struts. The thing that took the most time was trying to figure out the c/c plates in the front.
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:06 AM
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yeah when I did my springs the first front side took about an hr or so and then I was like oh easy, then the rest were finished in no time, it takes longer to get the wheels on and off.
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:15 AM
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Me and a buddy did mine... 4 springs, and 2 LCA, took us I think 4-5 hours to do all 4...
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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haha thats how i did mine on both my stangs...the first one took me like 10 hours, no joke!

but after i knew all the tricks, the second took me like 2 hours haha
10 hours WOW! It took me less time to install a K member, A arms, coilovers, cc plates, longtubes, catback, upper and lower control arms and polyurethane motor mounts. All that in about 8 hours.
Old Oct 24, 2006 | 01:17 AM
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nice nice nice........................ wish it was that easy for me.... i had a ford probe in the past and it took no time. But i had huge problems compressing the springs. THe bolt kept hitting the top area and it was just a mess. But the left side took no time after i learned a few tricks
Old Oct 24, 2006 | 01:37 AM
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pics of the drop?




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