Okay! So as promised, I got the coilovers on this fine sunny saturday, yes thats sarcasm.
So anyway, before I did this I read quite a few tutorials on how to do it and they all said that you should soak everything in WD-40 first. Well me being me I though, f**k that, that'll take way to long, so I went in dry. And this is when I found out that the whole suspension system must have been replaced quite recently because everything came apart with very little effort.
First of all I did forget to take a few picture but you get most of it from this:
Up on the ramp she goes
Then off with the wheels.
The two bolts that hold on the bottom of the strut came off very easily with a spanner and rattle gun. A Good one I might add.
The old springs came off pretty quickly.
Now the new coilovers didnt come with Top Mounts so had to get the old ones off the strut. Luckily there was some spring clamps at the garage but after watching a few springs go flying I didnt trust myself with the job so I got my uncle to do that one
The top mount threaded bolt sh!ts weren't as difficult as I though, spanner and an allen key sorted those.(Didnt get a picture)
Slotted the new coilover into place and tightened it all back up. Obviously the did the same on the other side.
Next, the rears. They were even easier!! Pretty much just two bolts and it was done. The most difficult part was removing the parcel shelf mounts out of the way haha. That was 4 little self tapping bolty things and it was free.
Undo the few bolts at the top of the strut and the bolts on the axle and that done too.
OVerall the job took about an hour, absolutely simple.
Heres the finished product. It doesnt look massively low yet but over the next few days or so itll settle down another couple of centimetres.