Then the brake line bracket was removed.
Next, the two lower strut bolts were removed. As a note, all of the bolts and most of the underneath of the car were pretty badly rusted. We replaced the bolts that were so stuck we had to damage them to remove them.
The top strut mounts were removed.
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Great content as always!
Love the site and asked a question in the past Mike was nice enough to answer. It was actually related to the topic and this one isn’t so I hope you don’t mind. I have a 2018 Civic Type R that needs some new front ball joints. Seems OEM or Spoon (https://spoonusa.com/spoon-zero-bump-steer-kit-front-civic-fk8) is the only option. Being my car is still stock ride height would the spoon ones have a negative effect on suspension geometry since they’re meant to fix the issue when lowering a car? Should I just go OEM instead of trying to needlessly upgrade? I was hoping the Spoon ones might be bit more durable as after 12k miles and 15 or so track days my OEMs are already shot (clunking)
Thanks in advance!
If you are staying at the OEM ride height, there is no need for this.
Didn’t know the OEM links were adjustable. We normally go with MOOG ones so they be lubed. The old plastic OEM ones were horrid.