7thStranger

How the hell do you keep them compressed to reinstall!

Anybody have any tips?

Mighty Shilling

have a friend hold the hood up, you use your body weight to compress it and put it on...it's not the easiest job out there...

fezz

job should take about 10 minutes.
have a friend watch the hood so it doesnt press against the window.
dont raise the hood - keep it about 3/4 of the way up.
connect the shock at the fender and use your body weight to compress the shock and hold it at the hood and slip the pin in.
There a little hard to compress and hold, but easily done. Get a buddy, and the two of you can press down.
Dont be "girlie-men".

89AZ944

Having tried to do this by myself (and failed), this IS a 2 man job!!!!

kennycoulter

ive always done this by myself. come on people.

Mighty Shilling

I can smell that bullsh*t through the moniter...

How'dja do it?

kennycoulter

i use my cheater pipe to prop the hood up and have rags behind the hood, and press on the strut myself. the hood isnt up all the way, just like what was said earlier. ive only worked with help maybe 4 times on any of my cars.....im a very lonely person.

Spider

Did it by myself. So uneventful I can't even remember the details, and I think it was closer to five minutes. You can do it too.

Serge944

Start going to the gym JK.

I had no problem compressing mine. It does take effort. Just prop the hood up with a stick.

Chris_924s

Use the hood weight to compress them. It it just me that finds this so easy?

Lock the bottom and load..

jinx099

ummm, no

I did it myself in about 5 minutes. You don't need to compress the shocks! Just get a pair of vice grips and lock the other side fully up then you have the freedom to simply slap the other shock in fully extended. Repeat for other side.

tifosiman

You do need to compress the shocks slightly to install. Just put them in the freezer for a little while (hour or so) prior to installing so that they are "sluggish" and don't return to extended position too fast, then compress to the proper length and act quickly while installing. It should easily be a one man/woman job. If you have the mechanical ability to install your new group-buy valve stem covers, sheepskin seat covers, or aluminum sun-visor clips, you can do this.

hrsteel

Did it by myself too. Was a pain in the ***. Wish I had more friends.

7thStranger

Two people realy helps.
One to compress the other to guide and insert the pin.

I don't know how you could do it by yourself.
Although I could just be a puss.

fezz

you really just need a rock solid grip on the tube and lean your body into it. one of those rubber jar openers might help.