The first step in installing the front suspension is to loosen all of the lug nuts on the wheels. It is easier to do this while the tires are on the ground because friction keeps the wheels from spinning.

After the lug nuts are loosened it is time to jack up the car. Look in your owners manual and use a reccomended location close to the middle of the car. Put jackstands under the pinch welds.

After the car has been jacked up, remove the rear tires and set them aside.

Open the hood and loosen the middle nut on the strut assemble. Only loosen it a little bit!. If you loosen it too much you could seriously damage your car or yourself. Disconnect the brake line from the strut assembly by removing the small metal retaining clip. Place a jack stand under the transverse link so that it does not fall whent he strut is removed.

Now remove the two bolts at the bottom of the strut. With someone holding the bottom, remove the three bolts at the top of the strut. Now it can be removed from the car.

Put the new spring onto the new strut (See the "Replacing the Rear Suspension" section of this tutorial). If the dust boot has been ripped you may want to either repair it with duct tape or replace it.

Reconnect the strut assembly to the car. First replace the three top bolts, and then replace the two bottom bolts. Reconnect the brake line, and torque all bolts down to the torque settings at the top of this page.

The brake shroud may have become bent, make sure that it clears the disk on all sides, if it is to close to the disk just bend it back. Repeat this procedure on the other rear strut.

Replace the tires and lower the car slowly. Make sure that everything is holding and then torque down the lug nuts (to about 80lb*ft).

You should get a four wheel alignment as soon as possible. For the next couple of weeks the car will slowly drop. Once a week or so, make sure that everything is staying in place by banging on the suspension components and listening for rattles.