Ive done a quick search and found nothing.

I am getting some Weitec GT coilovers for my vRS and am wondering if I can fit them myself?

A mate at work has done his own on his Celica and It will save me £200ish on fitting.

Can anyone help me out on this please?

What will I need to do?

What tools will I need?

What torque settings are they?

Plus anything else I will need to know?

I presume the car will need its tracking doing after?

cheers guys

billy

I see no reason why not.

I've no idea how good the Weitec instructions are, but I'd expect them to answer most of the questions, and Haynes the rest.

Toolswise, I think you're looking at sockets and spanners, cos you're not re-using the stock springs, and that's the only place you'd need compressors.

cheers mate

has anyone done this kinda thing?

is it a fiddli job or fairly straight forward?

Ill be doin the bushes too, is that a pig to do?

The most fiddly bit if you dont have the correct tool is splitting the front hub to get the old unit out and put the new unit in. you can pick up the spreader fairly cheaply, Or I have used an easyout in the past wound into the gap (Rough I know but I never had the tool).

Also worth budgeting for an alignment too.

Fairly straight forward to be honest,fronts have the strut top mount nut,ball joint,and bottom hub bolt and a torx screw in the bracket for the abs sensor wiring and as has been said you need to spread the bottom hub clamp to get old strut out and the rears have a bolt at the bottom and two on the mounting plate at the top under the wheelarch and depending on the weitec fitment you might have the height adjustable mount which just bolts into place at the bottom of the spring in the usual place

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were can I get the alignment tool from?

what is it and is it easy to use?

what is it used to align?

were can I get this spreader tool from and what sort of money?

cheers guys sounds like a full weekend thing I think when I got nothin else on lol:thumbup:

In this case, because you're replacing all 4 springs and dampers and changing the ride height, you're going to change the castor (no issues, except maybe a bit more self-centring), camber (can make the car handle funny if it's wrong and not even) and toe settings (possibility of excess tyre wear) all round.

What you need is a competent place to do a full 4 wheel alignment.

ok

I am gonna get the coilovers, topmounts and the wishbone bushes(should I replace anything else while at it?)

once I have it all I am gonna put it all on then take the car to get the 4 wheel alignment.

then is that it all done? or does anything need aligning when putting it on the car?

what is all this about toe and camber?

I am not really lowering the car that much, I am gonna lower it a few mm at the back and bit more at the front jus to close the gaps a bit between the arches and the tyres.

cheers

what is all this about toe and camber?

When changing your cars height you can expect to change your vehicle's suspension geometry as well, especially the camber which will affect tyre wear and handling

You can buy camber adjusters if you wanted to be perfect,but it isnt essential

Your tyres might well wear quicker though

Basically, when you lower the car, if you keep all the car to suspension mounts in the same places relative to each other, you will rotate the wheel axis around the wishbone ball joint, such that the top of the wheel moves inwares, and the bottom moves outwards. This is called "increasing the negative camber". I don't know the details of your suspension kit, but some of them have adjustable top mounts to compensate for this. One of the effects of this can be to load the inside of the tyres more heavily, causing increased and uneven wear.

The same argument applies to the angle the strut is off vertical when viewed from the side. This is the castor angle. Increasing this will give increased self-centring action, which may or may not be a good thing, depending on how much you had to start with, and how much you would like.

Toe in or out is how far from parallel the front or rear wheels are. Like changing the camber angle, changing the toe settings can adversely affect tyre wear.

With a full set of coilovers, I would advise getting the ride height checked all round, and a full 4-wheel alignment check once they're fitted and before doing a long trip.

cheers for that KEN:thumbup:

very helpful. where are these tools available and what sort of money are they and are they easy to use?

cheers guys this is all welcome info

Proper camber and castor gauges cost from about £60 (same gauge does both), and toe alignment gauges start from about £230. A good digital camber gauge will run nearer £300, and a laser alignment gauge £600. Source Demon Tweaks.

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thats a lot of money, isnt all the alignment, toe, camber stuff all done when you take the car to a guarage for the wheel alignment?

I fancey doin the suspention my self jus for somethin to do but sounds like Id be better gion to get it all done for me lol:P