hmm... spring compressor. That's probably out of the scope of my capability...

You know, the thought's crossed my mind. If I had access to one of those oil changing facilities... The kind where you drive over an open pit and the car sits on its own tires and you walk underneath it, then this'd be easy.

I'd just drive the car in, double-chock the wheel of the side to be worked on, and proceed to unbolt the L shaped structure. I think the back plate on the strut rod mount isn't completely accessible when the L shape is completely bolted up, so the L shape would have to come down.

Then the mount could be pushed out and the new one installed. I've considered the whole alignment issue and its probably best to just spray a little bit of spray paint over the guide rod where it meets the mount then disassemble the unit. That way, I could put the new and old mounts side by side and mark off where it needs to be inserted.

Well, first things first, I'll probably just take it to a shop and see how much they'd run me before setting up shop in the parking lot of my apartment complex :\.

-Troy

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