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YOUR RESEARCHMy ROW 030 came in today!
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I found that making sure that the shaft of the bolt is clean, smooth, and well lubricated makes it less painful when it is inserted.
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I found that making sure that the shaft of the bolt is clean, smooth, and well lubricated makes it less painful when it is inserted.
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From my experience, the rears were harder to do than the fronts because its like a puzzle trying to line up with lower shock mount to the car...and then getting the bolt thru...takes some time, patience and a really big screwdriver!!! In hindsight its probably easier to have a person help you on the rears!! The fronts are a breeze!
Good luck!!!
I paid my local indy $600 for install and alignment. I love the whole DIY thing but there are some DIY's where my time is worth more....this was one of them.
But as Tim said, there was a pretty good writeup over on Renntech.
Thanks, I have that one bookmarked. This looks like a pretty straight forward strut replacement procedure.
It seems that on all cars getting that rear strut lower bolt hole to line up is a pain. I found that making sure that the shaft of the bolt is clean, smooth, and well lubricated makes it less painful when it is inserted. Butt never the less, it still usually needs to be pounded in.
DIYing my PSS-9's on my 993 was one of the most satisfying DIY experiences ever. I look forward to your comments OE because the ROW M030 DIY is my goal for this summer (after my 60k service DIY).
I did the DIY install last summer. Took about 5 hrs. I would do it again.
You do get to know your car better through the experience.
You'll have no troubles.
Yeah, alignment is one of those things that I don't have to tools so I will get the local Porsche dealer to do. They have a brand new laser aligner, so I'm sure that it will be done right.
Should the alignment be done immediately after the install, or should it wait until the springs have settled?
You should do the alignment right after install. The springs will settle a bit, and your camber will decrease as a result. So, you may want to keep the initial alignment a touch conservative regarding camber. Mine was set at -.4 front / -1.4 rear on initial alignment.
Damn, Dell, you beat me to it! I guess I am still an apprentice in this regard! BTW, I was certain I would get SOME response from you about my comments to another newbie needing some info. Maybe you didn�t see it. Here is the link. Check out post #2.
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/257555-white-marks-on-rims.html
Well, considering you did such a great job with it (yes I did see that post) I figured it was time to let you go on your own
You are now officially on your own as a senior member.......it's almost somebody's 1st birthday
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