Installation of Koni sports shocks with Eibach Pro Kit to Gen 1 MPS

[Grajy]

No need to sand the paint off.
You need to pry the collet open to make room.
The strut should slip straight in.

Agreed...

[bd581]

Yep, I didn't need too.
Either use a wedge as mentioned or there is a trick where you put the bolt in backwards and that opens the collar up. But I prefer to use a wedge. Less chance of stuffing the thread.
With mine the strut was nearly in, so we just put the wheel back on and dropped the car back onto the ground.
Went bang, jacked the car up again and checked the bolts.
Put a bit of grease around the strut helps too.

Either way you do it, no need to sand paint off.

[Hama3]

I installed the Eibah Pro Kit & Koni's over the weekend. Man what a difference!!! Absolutely shits on the stock suspension!!!! Made the boys helping me with the install piss themselves laughing in the car when we took her for a test drive.......

I must say, it was not as difficult as I 1st imagined. With a little help from my neighbour and borrowed tools we managed to install the rear suspension in 3hrs. I was'nt happy with the rear passenger guard height. I measured from the centre of the wheel and discovered it to be around 7-9mm higher than the other side????????

Then on Saturday morning I had a closer look & discovered the rear passenger spring was not sitting in it's bottom cradle correctly. So, after rectifying this I thought we were in business. We then installed the fronts in around 3 hrs, taking our time and making sure all was done correctly. To my suprise we fouind the bump stops were damaged and had to trim them to an equal length. No biggie..... But the rear passenger side IS STILL ABOUT 7-9mm higher than the other side !!!!! The Eibach writing in right-side up and both face the wheel, hub and both sit flush with the opening at the bottom of the spring mould.

Should I wait for a couple of weeks for it to settle down? Then re-assess ??
The drivers side looks awesome, the guards sit just above the tyre....While the other side is noticeably higher & it's really getting on my GOAT.....

Can anyone throw me some advice.............

[Hama3]

Guys,

Need ur assistance here........

[Grajy]

The writing on the springs, on my King Springs anyways, go up-side down. Not sure with Eibach though. I opted against that option.