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Originally Posted by wparsons
What? Lifting the LCA will put more load on the shock and make it harder to get out.
What I did was undo the bolts inside the trunk with the car on the ground, then jack it up so both wheels were in the air and suspension at full droop. Undo the bolt holding the shock to the LCA and then just pull the shock out.
It took me less than 45 minutes to pull both rear shocks, remove the stock springs, put on the lowering springs, put the shocks back in and set the car back on the ground. You don't even need to take the wheels off to do the rears.
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My experience was different, but I wonder if leaving the wheels on, the weight of them, makes your way easier. Without the wheels on I found it too much work to try to push down on the suspension with one hand while manipulating the shock with the other. That was with the sway bar unhooked and both sides on stands. Originally I took out the outer LCA bolt to gain the extra clearance, but again, the effort to manipulate the suspension with one hand didn't work for me. That's when I took out the inner bolt, put the outer bolt in and realized it was a lot easier to just remove the inner bolt. Still not nearly as easy as your method though.