Reply to "Installing shocks - anything to look out for?"

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Well I got the rears on today. Took a lot longer than expected. Scott included instructions about cutting away the top of the mounting tabs on the A-arms to clear the shock body. This took a lot of time as I didn't want to take too much off so it was a lot of filing and then checking. Turns out you need to remove quite a bit.
Here's how it ended up:

I'm fighting with the sway bar so I haven't driven the car yet but I'm really surprised how much it lowered the car. I forgot to get a "before" ride height but with these shocks I couldn't get my jack out without putting 2x4's under the tires.

More tomorrow when I do the fronts and hopefully get the rear swaybar back on.

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