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Brent P wrote:
> In article <42312551.7040201@your.disposal>, Wound Up wrote:
>
>>>Not needed. There is no pressure on the strut. It comes out very
>>>easily.
>>
>
>>Yeah, sorry Brent P., for any inconvenience this incorrect assumption of
>>mine may have caused. It's still a good idea to swap them out at this
>>point, though.....
>
>
> Not me, the OP... I just posted the correction ;).
I see that. Oops. I was tired... =)
I've changed the struts and shocks over to bilstiens in my '97 years ago
and changed em
> over on my dad's 99 just a couple months ago.
>
> The only hard part is the top nut on the stock front struts. I was able
> to break them loose on the car with mine using an impact wrench. On my
> dad's I had to undo the three small bolts and take it out as an assembly,
> put the strut shaft in a big vice and then use the impact. Those struts
> were much more worn than those I took out of my car.
>In article <42312551.7040201@your.disposal>, Wound Up wrote:
>>> Not needed. There is no pressure on the strut. It comes out very
>>> easily.
>
>> Yeah, sorry Brent P., for any inconvenience this incorrect assumption of
>> mine may have caused. It's still a good idea to swap them out at this
>> point, though.....
>
>Not me, the OP... I just posted the correction ;). I've changed the
>struts and shocks over to bilstiens in my '97 years ago and changed em
>over on my dad's 99 just a couple months ago.
>
Comparatively speaking, how much better are the Bilstiens?
>The only hard part is the top nut on the stock front struts. I was able
>to break them loose on the car with mine using an impact wrench. On my
>dad's I had to undo the three small bolts and take it out as an assembly,
>put the strut shaft in a big vice and then use the impact. Those struts
>were much more worn than those I took out of my car.
>
--
Jim
'88 LX 5.0 (now in car heaven)
'89 LX 5.0 vert
'99 GT 35th Anniversery Edition - Silver
Mods to date - Relocated trunk release to drivers side,
shortened throttle cable, PIAA Driving lights.
In article <bv553115lcse51e71rqp4poh9sg9qjq9gv@4ax.com>, Ashton Crusher wrote:
>>Not me, the OP... I just posted the correction ;). I've changed the
>>struts and shocks over to bilstiens in my '97 years ago and changed em
>>over on my dad's 99 just a couple months ago.
> Comparatively speaking, how much better are the Bilstiens?
I found them to be worlds better. Then again, my rears were essentially
gone when I made the change. When I had to have my car retrived after
having a wisdom tooth removed, my dad drove my car. (the had to put me
under) Now with a good deal of wear on the bilstiens. He commented on
how much better my mustang felt. When he got around to ordering new
struts and shocks he decided to buy them. I don't know how they compare
to konis etc... but I've been quite pleased with them and they are
still going strong with around 40-50K miles on them.
>In article <bv553115lcse51e71rqp4poh9sg9qjq9gv@4ax.com>, Ashton Crusher wrote:
>
>>>Not me, the OP... I just posted the correction ;). I've changed the
>>>struts and shocks over to bilstiens in my '97 years ago and changed em
>>>over on my dad's 99 just a couple months ago.
>
>> Comparatively speaking, how much better are the Bilstiens?
>
>I found them to be worlds better. Then again, my rears were essentially
>gone when I made the change. When I had to have my car retrived after
>having a wisdom tooth removed, my dad drove my car. (the had to put me
>under) Now with a good deal of wear on the bilstiens. He commented on
>how much better my mustang felt. When he got around to ordering new
>struts and shocks he decided to buy them. I don't know how they compare
>to konis etc... but I've been quite pleased with them and they are
>still going strong with around 40-50K miles on them.
>
>
>
Are you just talking about the rear shocks or do your comments include
the front struts too? I replaced my rear OEMs with Edlebrock's when
it had about 8K on it and I could feel a definite improvement. Still
have the factory front struts at 42K.
--
Jim
'88 LX 5.0 (now in car heaven)
'89 LX 5.0 vert
'99 GT 35th Anniversery Edition - Silver
Mods to date - Relocated trunk release to drivers side,
shortened throttle cable, PIAA Driving lights.
>In article <42312551.7040201@your.disposal>, Wound Up wrote:
>>> Not needed. There is no pressure on the strut. It comes out very
>>> easily.
>
>> Yeah, sorry Brent P., for any inconvenience this incorrect assumption of
>> mine may have caused. It's still a good idea to swap them out at this
>> point, though.....
>
>Not me, the OP... I just posted the correction ;). I've changed the
>struts and shocks over to bilstiens in my '97 years ago and changed em
>over on my dad's 99 just a couple months ago.
>
>The only hard part is the top nut on the stock front struts. I was able
>to break them loose on the car with mine using an impact wrench. On my
>dad's I had to undo the three small bolts and take it out as an assembly,
>put the strut shaft in a big vice and then use the impact. Those struts
>were much more worn than those I took out of my car.
>
oh man, sounds like what I had to do. I removed them from my car, and
was unable to get the nut off. I needed the car so put them back. Went
to a garage and had them use an impact wrench on it to get it off
while in the car. Drove home slowly with the nut loosely on it.
I've seen some newer struts where the top canbe held with an allen
wrench. Seems much easier.
In article <h2eh31hgjc65fhc753t6rb0s480kjujcdr@4ax.com>, Rein wrote:
> I've seen some newer struts where the top canbe held with an allen
> wrench. Seems much easier.
Yep. The bilsteins have a hex on the shaft rather than the slot the stockers have.
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