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R34 Gtt Removal Of Rear Shocks

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from memory, first you have to remove the wheel and get to the bottom of the shoclers and remove the bolt and nut.then youll have to remove the rear seats and then the back rest, when thatts out, you remove the parcel shelf to reach the top nuts.

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34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

34GeeTeeTee

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Should of looked at topic first, just took out all the boot linings, thinking I was gonna look at the shocks top mount ... what a surprise :verymad: , now onto the rear seat dismantle :wacko: .

Rear seat is easy az!! Basically 4 bolts and its out :D

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suwidji Experienced

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is it a must to remove the shocks on the rears to install the springs?

Watching a few videos, some cars only require removing one bolt and nut (for the back wheels) and the spring can easily be taken out from there instead of removing the whole shock assembly.

I have king springs coming in soon and also want to install them myself, haven't been able to find a thread that actually takes you step by step through it for a r34 GTT though.

34GeeTeeTee Grand Master

34GeeTeeTee

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I haven't actually seen the standard setup but based on the coilovers design I doubt it man! You can still DIY, plenty of help on here to walk you through it, any reason you spent money on springs rather than height adjustable coilovers? The old shocks are gunna need replacing one day so why not do the lot for the $1000 etc??

GTSBoy Grand Master

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There's good reasons for not using height adjustable coilovers. For one, unless you weld them so you can't adjust the ride height, they are defectable. For two, unless you spend a lot more money, you will seldom get as good a damper in them as you get with just a normal Bilstein strut, or Koni D's, or whatever (good equipment) takes your fancy. This means that they won't work as well from new, and will probably die earlier. Not all cheap coilovers are rebuildable, and some of these no-name brands will probably not even exist when you come to want to rebuild them anyway. So unless they are a complete rip-off of some other established brand, rebuild parts may not be available. If you doubt this, just take a look back at forum posts from 5 years ago on the subject of coilovers and see if you remember the brand names being discussed.

Oh, and to suwidji, yes, the whole suspension unit must be removed to put new springs on. That's not that hard. But depending on how much force is needed to compress the spring to the right length to make it captive, you do stand a very good chance of injuring yourself as you disassemble them, and may not be able to put it back together if you get that far without embedding from steel into your skull. You need spring compressors to do the job safely.

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