Here's the latest toy, 99 corvette coupe, stock except for the wheels. I was gonna buy a c6 in a few months, but couldn't pass this up, it was a steal.

 

O, nisbro, loving the wheels. I want to put two of them on my bike

 

haha you're more than welcome to try

 

So my day ends with me utterly defeated by German engineering. Turns out I have to disconnect the sway bar in order to get the spring out (or shell out about $50 for a spring compressor I'll probably use 5 times over the course of my life, maybe less). But the good news is I have the Bilsteins in and everything appears to be okay with them. Tomorrow I'm gonna try and get that damn sway bar disconnected and then resume the project as scheduled



Assembled Bilstein Sport Shock

Edit: I looked at the old 13 year old Sachs strut that came off the car and the drivers side was so collapsed that I could push the piston all the way into the base with just my hand wonder how stiff the ride will be now that I have more than just the springs keeping the ass up. How could the previous owner not have changed the shocks even once in the 11 years he had it before me?

 

Are you talking about the rear springs? Just take a pry bar and compress them some and slide them out. I've done it on a few e30's and 36's.

 

lol I'm a little worried about it flying out and busting my teeth out, I think the disconnected sways will lower the trailing arm enough to get the springs out. If that doesn't work then I'll reassemble my shit and just get a compressor I guess. I wouldn't really even know where to put the pry bar aside from the danger to me and the car.

Edit: and yeah it's the rear springs, fronts will hopefully come off tomorrow.

Edit Again: Well fuck! sounds like for the front I need tools I don't have, might just have to be happy that I DIY'd the shocks and let a shop do the springs and front coilovers.

Edit Again Again: Also I'm now thinking I might go in another direction with my lowering, so if anyone wants an E36 Rokkor coilover set (never installed) let me know. I'll let it go cheap at this point.

 

Advance has spring compressors in the loan-a-tool program. go borrow some from them.

 

Good idea, fuck I'm dumb sometimes.

 

I Also have one that sits on the shelf in my garage.

I got mine for free so I don't care that it gets little-no use :P same one that advance loans but you dont have to put money down on it.

 

we rented a set once, and just never took them back. We have gotten plenty of use out of them. def. worth the $50 i believe we were charged when we kept them.