Garth S

The DIY is so much fun that I did it twice ( swapped for different springs & bars later on).

If you live on the outer reaches of civilization ( more than 50 miles from a Starbucks), a Hazet socket is impossible to find: lock on to a 'disposible' socket with vise grips, and drop the allan socket & torque wrench in through the top when doing the upper spring plate assembly.

ceboyd

well, reading this is inspirational...

but first I'm gonna practice by installing suspension on my dodge and if I can manage that, I'll go uninstall my race suspension on my 993 since I'm on the road to daily driving my 993 again right now (because I'm past the point of returning to the track with it now IMHO with my DAS bar gone)

autobonrun

I'm debating doing mine myself as well. I've been quoted $1100 by the dealer. I've done the suspension on my 911SC including burning the bushings off the spring plates. However, I have some fear with tackling the 993 rear end; seems to have lots of linkages. I don't think the front would be a problem.

Garth S

For the bottom side of the rear, just remove the sway bar and the rear toe link ( that secures the shock) ... everything else is left untouched.

autobonrun

Good info. Thanks. I'll read through the directions again with this in mind. Maybe I will give it a try.

95 C4 993

Im paying for 7.2 hours at $85 per hour for the install of my suspension. I have an additional 15 hours work going on at the same time with the 60k tune.

TroyN

Just use a spark plug socket: it 1) has a hole for the hex wrench, 2) has a hexagonal area on top for a crescent or other wrench, 3) fits, and 4) is cheap. It's the bigger-sized socket, I think 1 5/8" (vs. 15/16s, I think).

TRINITONY

+1 and don't worry about tighten it right..let the alignment shop do it....

Blue Ocean

Damn, i have plans to do my suspension install this weekend.
If I could find some place to do it for me for that rate i'd do it and go play golf!

Black993

how bad (hard) is this going to be in relevance to other cars? I've done several of my old cars (all japanese) without any trouble. I know its kind of an apples to oranges deal but any insight in difficulty compared to others may put my mind at ease (or my fears to light)

viperbob

Very easy and straight forward to do the install on these cars. Little experience required. I could have changed a set of fronts out in the time it took to read this thread.

ceboyd

that's even more reassuring to hear because I want to swap out my mono-ball strut top mounts at the very least because I know the ERP units are expensive and someone else could get good use of them (and I just don't need -3.2 negative camber any more on my 993 of course)

InTheAir

Changing the suspension is really not very difficult.

Up front you have four small nuts to take off on top; and two large bolts and one small bolt to take off on the bottom. Done.

In the rear you have four small nuts to take off on top; and three large bolts and one small bolt (basically) to take off on the bottom. Done.

The rest is just small stuff and a couple extra fasteners for the sway bars.

When I put the DIY Suspension instructions together, it was my VERY FIRST time. My experience leading up to that was basic oil changes, etc. That being said, ViperBob has since reviewed my instructions in detail and we have had easily more than 50 people here use them to do their suspensions for their first time with no problems.

The water's fine. Jump in.

I've said it before, "It's more intimidating than it is difficult."

autobonrun

And I assume there is no requirement for a spring compressor if both struts and springs are replaced?

TRINITONY

Nope..nada.....