P5Mazda

did someone install ebiach springs by themselves on their own car? is it difficult? i'm thinking about doing it myself. any feedback will be helpful. thanks.

Installshield

its not difficult if you know what you are doing...If you haven't done any suspesnion work, find someone to help you that has. but its a straight forward install, and will go fine if you are patient and have the right tools...

P5Mazda

what kind of tools? i'm pretty fast learner, so educate me...

Arkos

You'll want a spring compressor (can be rented, borrowed, some people say you don't need one)

Full set of metric sockets (You may need middepth ones, the end link bolts were a hair too long for regular sockets).

A torque wrench.

I would get a copy of the workshop manual. It's extremely helpful when gutting the interior rear.

The fronts were not bad at all. The hardest part was wrenching down on the spring compressors (wish I had air tools). The rears take some time, but they're just as easy.

If you know how to use a wrench, I would say that the job is EASY.

Identity_X

It is fairly easy, but time consuming. Make sure you have a free weekend just for that.

carguycw

You will need a set of small metric Allen sockets to undo the swaybar endlinks.

Hawkeye

It took me about 6 hours to do mine by myself. I rented a set of spring compressors from Auto Zone. Overall I'm glad I did it myself. Just remember to get a 4-wheel alignment when you're done.

03ESPro

I did mine in about 3 hours with air tools, working in the rain! But I've been doing this stuff for quite awhile now...

kenchan

how's the ride quality? any undulations while driving on
expressways? full strokes (full bump) on expressway humps and
dips?

please let me know. thanx. (mine's Pro5)