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<blockquote data-quote="Riley P" data-source="post: 158706" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>Hey dub! I put the shocks in myself. I wished I would have taken pictures or written some notes! Aaaaaah! </p><p>I do know it took about 3 hours to do one side, then about 45 minutes to do the second side. <img src="/styles/smilies-extra/extended-simple/woot.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Woot:" title="Woot :Woot:" data-shortname=":Woot:" /></p><p>The biggest pain in the butt I found was trying to get the old shocks out. I don’t think the rear was too bad, it was more the fronts and trying to compress them so they would wiggle out. The best method I found was to put a zip tie (or string zip ties together) around the top threaded rod and through the bottom mounting hole of the shock, then every time I compressed the shock, I would take the slack out of the zip tie to keep it compressed. It was a pain and a bit sketchy as the top wasn’t as securely fastened as I would like, but doable. </p><p>The other item, also with the front shocks, was holding the threaded rod while undoing the nut on the top, but holding it from the side, then from the top with the correct sized wrench that just fit the end of the threaded rod worked. </p><p>Lastly, the bolt that holds the lower rear shock mount is excessively huge for what it needs to do. Once the nut was off, I just used a punch to get it out. My torque wrench didn’t go high enough to retorque it so I used the maximum torque setting, then after, gave it a bit of a pull with a breaker bar. Knock on wood, the car is still together. I’m super happy with the results. Going from worn-ish Z51 shocks to the Z06 shocks has been great. </p><p></p><p>In the future, I hope to get the C6Z51 sway bars and end links such as yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley P, post: 158706, member: 2"] Hey dub! I put the shocks in myself. I wished I would have taken pictures or written some notes! Aaaaaah! I do know it took about 3 hours to do one side, then about 45 minutes to do the second side. :Woot: The biggest pain in the butt I found was trying to get the old shocks out. I don’t think the rear was too bad, it was more the fronts and trying to compress them so they would wiggle out. The best method I found was to put a zip tie (or string zip ties together) around the top threaded rod and through the bottom mounting hole of the shock, then every time I compressed the shock, I would take the slack out of the zip tie to keep it compressed. It was a pain and a bit sketchy as the top wasn’t as securely fastened as I would like, but doable. The other item, also with the front shocks, was holding the threaded rod while undoing the nut on the top, but holding it from the side, then from the top with the correct sized wrench that just fit the end of the threaded rod worked. Lastly, the bolt that holds the lower rear shock mount is excessively huge for what it needs to do. Once the nut was off, I just used a punch to get it out. My torque wrench didn’t go high enough to retorque it so I used the maximum torque setting, then after, gave it a bit of a pull with a breaker bar. Knock on wood, the car is still together. I’m super happy with the results. Going from worn-ish Z51 shocks to the Z06 shocks has been great. In the future, I hope to get the C6Z51 sway bars and end links such as yourself. [/QUOTE]
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