DIY - Front Coil Over GODSPEED Struts 2005 Toyota Corolla

This DIY is on a 2005 Toyota Corolla 

Always make sure that your part is correct and is functional . These are Godspeed full Coil over Mono Struts .

Make sure you center lock your steering wheel to prevent it from turning .

Remove the brake line bolt from the strut first 

Then you remove the sway bar link 

Then you can remove both lower strut bolts and let the strut hang from the top nuts 

Then you can remove the three nuts and before you remove the last one hold it with your hand so it doesn't drop 

Now make sure when you put the strut on that the adjustment on top that will help the camber is able to go to side to side as in the photo on top - Then you preload the spring after preloading then you can try to adjust the height before connecting the lower bolts 

With a jack you can push up your lower control arm to line up the holes - Make sure you have a camber bolt and replace the top strut bolt with the camber bolt 

Put the tire back on temporarily and lower the car to make sure your height is correct 

Then you can put the sway bar link and the brake hose back on the strut then head to your local Alignment Shop 

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DIY - Rear Coil Over Struts 2005 Toyota Corolla

This is a DIY for a 2005 Toyota Corolla replacing my stock struts to coil over God Speed struts .

There are 2 nuts inside the trunk , You will need to peel back the trunk carpet behind the seats of each side . 

You will see underneath the strut there is 1 bolt you must remove .

Then you can remove the lower nut and remove the entire strut .

Match the struts up and then replace them the same way you took off the other strut .

Once you have your coil over struts installed you can adjust the height level to your taking .

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DIY 91-94 Tercel Front/Rear Strut Spring Replacement

This DIY is for a front and rear spring replacement , But you can use this DIY to replace your struts as well .

First you remove the front brake line to the strut then you mark your strut bolts so when you put them back you can get as close as you can with the alignment .

Then you loosen up the bottom bolts on the struts then you go to the top of the strut and remove the three nuts . In this photo you will notice how the strut mount looks like a oval shape , When putting this back on it must me the same way .

 

Once you have the strut out then you use the spring compressor , Vise grip to hold the center strut from spinning as you remove the center nut on your strut .

Once you have the spring out then you do everything in reverse order making sure you put back the bump stop in the center of the strut .

Make sure you have the gap on the strut mount is towards the fire wall or else your strut will be out of alignment and possible do damage to your tires . Once you have the front struts on correctly then you tighten all your nuts and bolts .

Now for your rear struts you must remove the plastic cover then you will see two nuts .

Then you go to the bottom of the strut and remove the one bolt going through the center of the strut .Then using the spring compressor as was done on the front struts and do the same thing .

With the rear one it has a nipple to clamp on to or a tool that fits and holds the center rod on the strut . You can loosen it up while the strut is on the car or you can do this while the spring compressor is applied off the car .

Once you have replace the spring then you do the reverse and put your rear strut on .

There you have a basic DIY for replacing struts or springs .

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