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You need to have a 2x4x5(before you chuckle hear me out). Lift the car using a jack. make sure the car is in park. remove the tire. your should figure out if the brake line is in the way of shock assembly if so you will need to bleed the brakes when done. remove the lower joint bolt (the bolt that is closer to you which attaches the brake assembly and rotor). then you take the 2x4x5 and you brace it under the arm. you might need to lower the jack or lift depending on where the arm is to brace the block underneath the arm without falling. Then lower the jack just so the shock is compressing. now remove the upper bolts holding the top of the shock assembly in place. do not remove the bolt that is holding the spring in place as this could create a potential danger. with the shock still in place remove the bolt which holds the shock in place (it is the bolt which is on the inside part of the arm. this bolt is usually a major pain to remove but if you have a thick metal pipe you could extend your wrench to give is more torque or else spray some liquid wrench aka wd40 or pb blaster to loosen the bolt. if you are doing this with a friend have him/her hold the shock assembly as you heighten the jack to so that the wooden piece would just fall over. at this point, the shock would come out on both ends. the next part is tricky, you will need a special spring compressor tool. make sure you get the one which comes in two pieces which compress the spring from both sides.
now that you have the shock and assembly use the tool to compress the spring. make sure you compress evenly on both sides because if you go too tight on one side the spring will bend to one side possibly causing physical harm. make sure you compress pretty tight as this will allow top cover to come off easier. when the top is off make sure all the washers and padding are reattached in same order when putting it on the new shocks. keep the spring compressor attached so that you could just slip it on the new shock unless you bought a new spring coil to go with new shocks. just tighten the top lid and it is ready to go on car. install is reverse of removal, enjoy.
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