Front Installation Instruction
1. Jack up the front of the vehicle and support the vehicle with jack stands, so that the front wheels are off the ground. Chock rear wheels.
2. Remove the front tires/wheels, using a 19 mm deep well socket.
3. Support the Drivers side lower control arm with a floor jack.
4. Remove the positive wire from the battery terminal.
5. On the driver side remove the rear most box from the mount by releasing the clips from the box as shown in Photo 1. Take care not to damage the clip or the box.
6. Carefully fold the box over to access the mount bolts with a 10mm socket /wrench as shown in Photo 2, 3 & 4.
7. Carefully lift the forward fuse box on the driver side of the engine compartment and release the wiring clips. Take care not to damage the clips. See Photo 5.
8. With the floor jack under the lower drivers side lower control ,remove the 4 stock nuts that secure the strut to the upper mount as shown using a 18mm socket/wrench. Retain the hardware for reuse. See Photo 6.
9. Gently lower the floor jack under the front driver side and place it under the passenger side lower control arm of the vehicle.
10. Release the air box clamps that secure the top of the air box to the bottom and remove the hose as shown in Photo 7. Lift the air box out of the air box mount.
11. On the Passenger side remove the washer tank by removing the plastic nut by hand and removing the rear mount bolt using a 8mm socket/ wrench. See Photo 8 & 9.
12. Position washer tank out of the way to allow access to the upper strut bolts.
13. Remove the upper strut nuts using a 18mm socket / wrench. Retain the factory hardware for reuse. Lower the floor jack gently to lower the strut from the mount.
14. Starting on the drivers side remove the wire clip from the strut as shown in Photo 10.
15. Remove the sway bar from the control arm as shown in Photo 11 using a 18mm socket. Retain the hardware for reuse.
16. Remove the tie rod from the knuckle as shown using a 21mm socket/wrench. See Photo 12. Retain hardware.
17. Loosen the upper ball joint nut as shown with a 18mm wrench. Do not totally remove the upper ball joint nut at this time. Using a hammer slightly tap the upper tie rod mount to loosen taper. See Photo 13. Position knuckle to allow for strut removal.
18. Remove the lower strut hardware as shown in Photo 14 using a 24mm socket/wrench and remove the strut from the vehicle.
19. Using a hand grinder or similar tool, grind the unthreaded tip portion of the factory stud to allow clearance on the new upper strut spacer. Take care not to damage the stud threads. See Photo 15.
20. Install the new spacer as shown with factory hardware using a 18mm wrench. A strut compressor will ease the re-installation of the strut assembly. It will be necessary to start all 4 of the stock nuts before totally tightening the spacer to the strut.
21. Reinstall the strut and spacer assembly back in the factory upper strut mount using the supplied 12mm flange nuts. Do not tighten at this time. See Photo 16.
22. Swing the lower control arm up and reinstall the lower strut mount in the stock location on the lower control arm using the factory hardware. Tighten with a 24mm socket/wrench. Tighten upper strut mount using 18mm socket/ wrench. See Photo 17.
23. Jack up the lower control arm and reinstall the knuckle to the upper ball joint with stock hardware using a 18mm wrench. See Photo 18.
24. Reinstall the tie rod to the knuckle with factory hardware using a 21mm socket / wrench. See Photo 19.
25. Repeat process for the passenger side.
26. Reattach the sway bar to the driver and passenger side lower control arm with the factory hardware and using a 18 socket. See Photo 20.
27. After strut spacer installation has been completed, Reinstall the washer fluid tank and air box on the passenger side with the factory hardware using a 8mm socket / wrench.
28. Reinstall the electrical boxes on the driver side with factory hardware using a 10mm wrench / socket.
29. Reinstall the tires/ wheels.
30. Jack up the vehicle and remove the jack stands,.
31. Lower the vehicle to the ground.
Rear Installation Instructions
1. Jack up the rear of the vehicle and support the vehicle with jack stands, so that the rear wheels are off the ground. Chock front wheels.
2. Remove the rear tires/wheels, using a 19mm deep well socket.
3. Support the rear axle with a floor jack.
4. Remove the shock from the rear lower mount as shown in Photo 1 using a 15mm socket/ wrench.
5. Remove the bolt from the upper sway bar mount on the frame using a 18mm socket / wrench as shown in Photo 2.
6. Lower the rear end with the floor jack and remove the coil spring. See Photo 3.
7. Remove the stock upper coil isolator and retain for reuse. See Photo 4.
8. Remove the bump stop as shown in Photo 5 and remove the bump stop cup from the frame using a 15mm socket.
See Photo 6.
9. Install the bump stop bracket on the new spacer as shown with supplied 10mm x 55mm bolt & washers using a
15mm socket. See Photo 7. Tighten 10mm bolt to 32ft/lbs. Do not over-tighten bolt.
10. Reinstall the factory bump stop in the bump stop cup and coil spring as shown in Photo 8 in the stock location with the stock rubber on the top of the coil spring. It may be necessary to remove the upper control arm from the upper mount to allow the coil to be installed. If needed remove the bolt with a 18mm socket / wrench.
11. If removed, reinstall the upper control arm bolt at this time using a 18mm socket. Raising or lowering the floor jack may be needed to align the control arm to the mount.
12. Reinstall the sway bar link on the frame with factory hardware using a 18mm socket / wrench.
13. Reinstall the lower shock in the lower shock mount with the factory hardware using a 15mm socket / wrench.
14. Reinstall the tires & wheels.
15. Jack up the rear of the vehicle and remove the jack stands.
16. Lower the vehicle to the ground.
