Install time/difficulty with sway bar, coilover, camber arms & brake cooling kit

cossie1600 · 10-21-2013, 05:02 AM

I can wrench on my car, but time and space is a huge issue for me now. Out of the items i mentioned, which one would be worth doing myself and which one I should just pay to not do it?

Coilovers, sway bars, camber arms, stillen brake cooling kit

I think sway bar labor is one hour each, not sure about the rest. The brake kit might be 3 hours or so

Thanks

takjak2 · 10-21-2013, 07:35 AM

Shop labor isn't cheap so I'd do (and have done most) all of the above myself. For you:

Normally, front sway bar you should do yourself. Rear you should farm out. Front camber arms are more effort than the rears but neither is bad. But since you are doing coilovers at the same time I would have a shop do all three. Much of it will be overlapping work. No sense in taking some of the same bolts out three times.

If you are not changing the front endlinks along with the swaybar, the front swaybar is stupidly easy. The rear goes up and over both the exhuast and a brace.

In your position I'd be temped to have someone else do the dust shield portion of the brake duct install for me. It requires removing the hub which can be a pain to tap out. The routing of the hoses themselves and the front clips I would want to do myself to be familiar with and confident in before going to the track.

tonythetiger · 10-22-2013, 12:58 PM

coilovers took me 4hrs to install for rears but i have no power tools handwrenched everything. sways are pretty easy to, not sure about camber arms or brakes but thats my future plans as well

Rusty · 10-22-2013, 04:44 PM

Front and rear sway bars I just did. Took me about 2 hrs tops to do them.

You talking about the control arms in the front? If you are. Changing them and the coilovers should take you about 4 hrs depending on your skills.

The brake cooling kit. That will take you between 3 to 5 hrs. Depends on how picky you are with routing the hoses.

cossie1600 · 10-24-2013, 07:05 PM

I am doing it at my apartment, trying to keep it low key. I was hoping the front coil over is simply in and out, I guess there is more to it

10-21-2013, 05:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 30	Install time/difficulty with sway bar, coilover, camber arms & brake cooling kit I can wrench on my car, but time and space is a huge issue for me now. Out of the items i mentioned, which one would be worth doing myself and which one I should just pay to not do it? Coilovers, sway bars, camber arms, stillen brake cooling kit I think sway bar labor is one hour each, not sure about the rest. The brake kit might be 3 hours or so Thanks

10-21-2013, 07:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
takjak2 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sterling, VA Posts: 1,922 Drives: Legit Racecar 370Z Rep Power: 142	Shop labor isn't cheap so I'd do (and have done most) all of the above myself. For you: Normally, front sway bar you should do yourself. Rear you should farm out. Front camber arms are more effort than the rears but neither is bad. But since you are doing coilovers at the same time I would have a shop do all three. Much of it will be overlapping work. No sense in taking some of the same bolts out three times. If you are not changing the front endlinks along with the swaybar, the front swaybar is stupidly easy. The rear goes up and over both the exhuast and a brace. In your position I'd be temped to have someone else do the dust shield portion of the brake duct install for me. It requires removing the hub which can be a pain to tap out. The routing of the hoses themselves and the front clips I would want to do myself to be familiar with and confident in before going to the track. __________________ Mods \| Stuff \| Things \| Seat Time \| Nismo facebook.com/TeamSparrowSpeed

10-22-2013, 12:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
tonythetiger A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: SA, TX Posts: 1,035 Drives: 10 Nissan 370z PG MT Rep Power: 193	coilovers took me 4hrs to install for rears but i have no power tools handwrenched everything. sways are pretty easy to, not sure about camber arms or brakes but thats my future plans as well __________________ KWV3/Eibach/StillenG3/FI CBE+LTH+34Row/Uprev/SPL/SouthBendSS/QuaifeLSD/4.08/TommyKaira/Status/VolkZE40/AP Radical BBK/Seibon/Amuse/VIS/Sparco/WorksBellGTC/RJM/Nismo

10-22-2013, 04:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Rusty Ronin Samurai - Assassin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 68 Posts: 35,227 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684438	Front and rear sway bars I just did. Took me about 2 hrs tops to do them. You talking about the control arms in the front? If you are. Changing them and the coilovers should take you about 4 hrs depending on your skills. The brake cooling kit. That will take you between 3 to 5 hrs. Depends on how picky you are with routing the hoses. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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10-24-2013, 07:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 30	I am doing it at my apartment, trying to keep it low key. I was hoping the front coil over is simply in and out, I guess there is more to it