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Old 11-13-2006, 01:38 AM
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Doing shocks/springs in Houston, need advice

I've been bitching and moaning about how my OEM shocks are utterly shot and making me bounce around like a pogo stick for a while, so I finally broke down and ordered some Konis from DPE. I also have Tein S-techs that I bought a long time ago but never installed. I have a couple of questions though.

1) Where is a good place to get the alignment done? I'm in Sugarland, although I can drive a ways if I need to.

2) I'd like to do the install myself and I'll be looking over the DIY. It's not that I'm looking to save money really, I'd just like to be able to do stuff like this myself. But just in case I get stuck or something, is there anyone I could call who has done this before, as a last resort? I'll probably get help from a guy at my office who dropped his VW, I think he knows what he's doing, although it's not the same job obviously.
Old 11-13-2006, 11:32 AM
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same situationas you... but if you finda good tuner let me know please ^ ^ i'll look around also... i know there is a place in memorial that my friend tunes his type s rsx.. but if you find one let me know.. and again i'll look around also...
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Did mine a couple months back. I installed the MS springs and shocks. Im not too mechanically inclined, but using the DIy the job was actually pretty easy. If you have any questions feel free to PM me. Im in SW Houston, roughly 10 mins from the Sugarland border on H6.
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I'll help for some beer...and 7 virgins... I've done about 6 RX8's
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on your own. the first time sucks, but is easy to do... just tedious..

good luck...

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Just take it up to Jenkins, he likes doing suspensions


On a more serious note, I would definitely suggest having at least one other person there to help you just because of needing to tighten some nuts while keeping the shocks threaded through. It will probably take 3+ hrs to complete. The front wishbones are pretty easy, but the rear multi-link can be a pain.
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