ok, my friend and I looked under my car last night. I was planning on installing these spohn lca's and relocation brackets I got. my friend said he didn't feel comfortable doing the job, so we didn't get anything done.

the bolts on the front of the lca's looked horribly rusted. are there any tricks to getting them off? how did you guys get the car in the air to remove these?

I really don't wanna take it to a shop and pay over $100 for this

 

it's really not that bad esp. with two people, jack the car up put jack stands under the frame not on the rear end, I put mine right by the front mounts(L.C.) where I could still work then jacked the front up and put jack stands under the front to level the car (just a pref.) now get 2 big *** breaker bars and both of you all twist like hell if you break them go buy new ones. only replace 1 at a time or the rear could twist. put a jack under the rear axle and raise and lower until the bolts line up really though we worked about 1hr per side (the first time) just getting the bolts out. they go in about 5-10 min per side tighten them back down with the breaker as they need 100ft/lbs per bolt. I love mine hope you do too. let us know how it turns out, I hope this helps and as far as the rel. brackets : never done those maybe someone else will chime in.

 

There's a good install guide at www.bmrfabrication.com. Soak the bolts with liquid wrench for a few hours. You shouldn't need a breaker bar if you do this first.

 

just remove two bolts and ya done. Just don't over toque it, I did on mine and broke the bolt But it's easy

 

I hope you car is lowered the reason you want to install the relocation brackets.
That should be the only reason to install them.

 

yep the car is lowered 1.75"

thanks for the help. I think my dad and I are gonna try to get the stock ones out of there.

 

It can REALLY help you get the bolts if you load the suspension a bit. One side of the car seemed to like the rear supported a bit more, and one side seemed to like it a bit less. And you don't need two people to get the bolts. For the front ones at least, put an box ended wrench on the nut that is towards the inside of the frame, and then use a socket with a breaker bar on the bolt towards the outside. Once you manage to get it to twist, the boxed ended wrench on the inside will torque up against the floor pan of the car, then you can really put some load on the breaker bar. Theres no way I could have done it any other way, turning two wrenches is just too much of a pain. Doing it this way is like having someone else turning the other wrench.

 

If they are very rusty, and wont break loose, and round off, etc., then use a sawzall to cut one bolt end off. Then a large drift punch will tap them out.