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Old 13-12-2005 | 11:35 PM
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im going to have a go at taking the rear off my saph cos tomorrow ready for powdercoating and polybushes,is there anything i should or shouldnt do.i am going to leave my coilovers on to last to take the weight then lower it down via the jack.is all okay and is there any precautions i need to take whilst or before i do this job...cheers hopefully it will look something like this when done but with differeent colours
Old 13-12-2005 | 11:43 PM
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Fairly straight forward mate and won't take long to do

prop bolts can be a coont sometimes though lol




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Old 13-12-2005 | 11:48 PM
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can i do it on my own??cheers
Old 13-12-2005 | 11:51 PM
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yeah no problem.. just be sure you support everything so nothing can drop on you but just use your common sense mate










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Old 13-12-2005 | 11:54 PM
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cheers martain,youve put my mind at rest.you know what its like when you havent done something before.
Old 13-12-2005 | 11:58 PM
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i bet after you do it you say to yourself fucking hell that was easy lol



i had to drop the front end off of my 3 door last weekend and with the air gun it really was like a ten min job


best ever investment with poxy cossies is a decent compressor and a nice air gun nothing too hard to undo then





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Old 14-12-2005 | 12:01 AM
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When you rebuild it all back up its advisable to put the inner trailing arm bolts in the other way round so should you need to change a trailing arm you dont have to undo those pesky prop shaft bolts.
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