Thank you for making the effort, you did not waste your time, the work you documented is very much appreciated many years later.:goodjob: :goodjob:

 

Awesome writeup. Did this today and had almost no problems. However, i did break the head off "Bolt 1" in the rear and its at the shop now to be fixed.

The only thing I would like to add is that if you are going to do the washer trick, it is ALOT easier to do while the spring/shock assembly is removed!

 

I used this write up last weekend. Instructions were dead on. The only issue I had was breaking the LCA bots. I used an Air Hammer with a chisel to break the welds to get them out. It only took a couple minutes once I came up with the idea.

 

Look cool. I have never change a civic suspension in my whole life. I'm gonna try this but not alone.

 

An answer to an old statement...

 

I used this awesome DIY guide to change out my girlfriends shocks on her 1998 Civic Coupe EX. All four shocks were totally wasted, so I installed Bilstein HD (F4-BE5-2336-H0 ) (F4-BE5-2337-H0 )all the way around along with the stock springs. I brought the struts down to a local shop and barrowed their professional strut compressing tools which made the job a lot easier. The bushings all looked worn, but not worn enough to change just yet. While I had everything apart I also did a brake bleed all around. Great instructions and very detailed, you should be very proud of the work you did on this thread.

 

That was awesome.

If I knew it was that easy I would have put the mugen bushing I had in at the same time I did the suspension. Or at least clocked the bushing.

(btw... use this DIY vid to clock all your RCA bushings!! You'll notice that because you changed the ride height of your car, the RCA is under tension. You need to pop out the RCA and turn it a bit so that it is not in tension at your new ride height)

 

so don't be dissapointed when people don't use your write-up right away. i'm sure this will help someone down the road. good pics.