how to change shocks

1. jakeyboi Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 Coalville, Leicestershire Posts: 1000 mk6 fiesta

   #1 17th February 2010, 16:05

   hi , ive brought some 60mm springs, and shocks,, a mate of mine is going to be lower my car at the weekend, but he has never changed socks..So How do you go about changing the shocks...
   cheers
2. user_26394 Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2008 Bedworth Posts: 10221 106 gti

   #2 17th February 2010, 16:12

   Don't go into it blind matey,m for the cash it'll cost probably better to get someone in the know to fit them, even more so if intending on having the rear lowered too.
   
   Plenty of guides on here just a case of searching
3. jakeyboi Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 Coalville, Leicestershire Posts: 1000 mk6 fiesta

   #3 17th February 2010, 16:42

   he knows a fair bit about stuff, and has lowerd a few cars , including mine before 40mm, but he has never chaged the shocks/dampers w.e they are called, so do these just bolt on/off or slide off the suspesion leg
4. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #4 17th February 2010, 16:45

   http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=173716

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5. user_10473 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 Swansea Posts: 4946 Bianca White Peugeot 106 S2 Rallye, Saxo VTS

   #5 17th February 2010, 16:52

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by jakeyboi he knows a fair bit about stuff, and has lowerd a few cars , including mine before 40mm, but he has never chaged the shocks/dampers w.e they are called, so do these just bolt on/off or slide off the suspesion leg

   You strip down the strut assembly as he would as if he was going to change the springs. And attached to the top of the strut is a big brass nut which requires a special pronged tool to undo i.e a pair of mole grips
   
   Unscrew that nut/cap thing. Pull the old shock out, put the new one back in. Tighten nut and then re-assemble the rest with the new springs.
6. jakeyboi Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 Coalville, Leicestershire Posts: 1000 mk6 fiesta

   #6 17th February 2010, 16:54

   cheers mate spot on ..
7. jakeyboi Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 Coalville, Leicestershire Posts: 1000 mk6 fiesta

   #7 17th February 2010, 17:01

   also a quick question, not sure how to put it in words , but bear with me... on my new shocks (second hand but new to me lol) i can push the silver bar into the shock, and it stays down, is this ok...
8. user_26394 Saxperience Addict Joined: Aug 2008 Bedworth Posts: 10221 106 gti

   #8 17th February 2010, 17:04

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by jakeyboi also a quick question, not sure how to put it in words , but bear with me... on my new shocks (second hand but new to me lol) i can push the silver bar into the shock, and it stays down, is this ok...

   not really no, should rebound
9. user_32315 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo

   #9 17th February 2010, 17:08

   im sure mine didnt rebound back aswell
10. jakeyboi Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 Coalville, Leicestershire Posts: 1000 mk6 fiesta

    #10 17th February 2010, 17:11

    thats the word i was looking for rebound lol,, i thought the tension in the spring will make it rebound