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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 08:11 PM
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Default fitting konis to a 3 door cossie

rear shocks look straigforward and fronts little bit trickier but how the hell do u fit the rear springs is this a big job???
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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Enjoy mate, its such a bastard!! I wouldn't do it myself!
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 06:02 AM
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You need to remove the 6 beam bolts,rear shock, and roll bar connection to arm, and if i remember rightly the arm should then go low enough to remove the spring. Might have to unbolt driveshaft, cant remember. Not as difficult as it sounds.
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Old Nov 11, 2003 | 09:47 AM
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If you'e got small enough spring clamps you can get em round the spring to compress it with just the shock removed.
It works on a saff 4x4 so I would assume you can do it on a 3 door aswell
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Old Nov 12, 2003 | 09:00 PM
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Dont forget to remove the poxy brake hoses as well as they are not long enough to allow you to drop the swinging arm enough.....
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