Fitting 4 springs

Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:00 pm

Fitting a set of lowered springs tomorrow (with the help of me dad!) can anyone tell me how long it takes. Have fitted them before on older cars but never on a bm. I'm hoping to start after breakfast and drive it home for tea...

Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:33 pm

Rears are ten minutes each,fronts will take up the rest of the day...with tea breaks..

Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:28 pm

If you're competant with a spanner then between 2 of you, its do-able in under an hour... But me and my mate are both mechanics so allow 2 hours... then there's tea and fag breaks, 3 hours. lol.

Seriously tho, couple of hours really

Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:21 am

As usual, job not gone to plan lol, 7 hours later, one front spring fitted and one knackered tie rod end! Tie rod end had been cross threaded by someone in the past so that needs replacing, actual spring replacement easy really once I'd got the strut out the body. I'm hoping the rest go easy as the other side track arm has just been replaced. Hope its worth it......I'll never learn to just leave be lol

Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:44 am

If you'd left it be then it wiould just be another standard 325 lol. Its shit when it doesn't go to plan mate, trust me, i am finding that out the hard way at the moment, but its worth it in the end, everytime

Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:02 pm

Job done, new tie rod 5 mins, other front spring was disaster free, 2 hrs, rears took half hour each. Very happy, went for the 40mm set, looks so right, not chavvy, just fills the arch gap nice.