RoW M030
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Anyone have an estimate of how many hours it should take to instal the RoW M030 suspension? I was quoted 12 hours plus alignment by my local indi shop. Thanks
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I did it myself in the garage without air tools or a lift, for the very first time and it took 9 hours. That includes driving around for an hour and a half looking for a spring compressor to rent.
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I could do the struts and springs in 2 hours and then the sway bars take another hour. If I run into problems maybe 4 hours. A shop should not charge more then doulbe my time so 8 hours should be max. Then they want to charge an alignment on top of that???? Go find somone else.
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I'm VERY interested in the difference between ROW M030 and USA M030...besides lowering the car, are the springs & struts much different? How much heavier are the sways? I've only had my '02 C2 for a week, and to me, the suspension is pretty stiff, though it does nose dive a little on heavy braking. If I track, it will be pretty rare, so I wonder if it is worth it? I've changed out suspensions on BMW's and I have a lot of air tools and access to a low scissors lift, and I LIKE working on cars. What dos the ROW M030 normally go for?
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It should not take a shop more than half a day, if they have done it before. I found it longer to replace the front sway bar than anything else…only because nobody every talked too much about how to do that so I worked slowly unbolting everything and then being careful about the torque values to put it all back together.
The difference in ride quality is amazing by the way. The car did not lower that much. After researching it a little more I think with the car not being driven too much, sitting for so long it caused the suspension to settle in a little lower than what I would have expected. I have concluded that time as much as miles will take a toll on a suspension system.
The difference in ride quality is amazing by the way. The car did not lower that much. After researching it a little more I think with the car not being driven too much, sitting for so long it caused the suspension to settle in a little lower than what I would have expected. I have concluded that time as much as miles will take a toll on a suspension system.
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I did mine in about 6 hours taking my time. I'm sure I could have done it in 4 if I had rushed, but I was taking pictures of everything, and using the time to clean everything up.
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I'm VERY interested in the difference between ROW M030 and USA M030...besides lowering the car, are the springs & struts much different? How much heavier are the sways? I've only had my '02 C2 for a week, and to me, the suspension is pretty stiff, though it does nose dive a little on heavy braking. If I track, it will be pretty rare, so I wonder if it is worth it? I've changed out suspensions on BMW's and I have a lot of air tools and access to a low scissors lift, and I LIKE working on cars. What dos the ROW M030 normally go for?
It is really easy to install. I did mine in 2.5 hours. This was doing all the work by myself in my garage. I used the faq from Renntech as a guide. I do have a full tool chest, 3 floor jacks, an electric impact, air compressor and spring compressors. It is a lot easier if you do both sides at the same time (use mutliple jacks). I have also swapped suspension on a dozen cars in the past. Although this was the first time on a 996, it isn't really any different than any other car. If anything, it is easier as you can get to everything without sraping your hands up or using special tools. The only additional work is you have to remove the front undertray to change the sway bar. With an electric or impact wrench, this is an easy task; but time consuming with hand wrenches.
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Just so I get it straight, you said both use the same sway bars, but the additional work is to change the sway bar? Do you mean that you have to detach & re-attach the new swaybar links to the new strut body, but the sway bars are the same..OR...the sway bars are physically different but the same diameter? Thanks for your help, I seriously appreciate it!!