[lsturbointeg]

Found this on YouTube. posting for those looking for some instruction. wish this was available when i did mine so i figured i'd share this for those looking to do these in the future

[bin01123]

Thanks

[ey2001]

Originally Posted by bin01123

Thanks

When I did mine I didn't pull the control arm out...

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by ey2001

When I did mine I didn't pull the control arm out...

i didn't either. i think me and my buddy stepped on it to push it down...i forgot really

[bin01123]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

i didn't either. i think me and my buddy stepped on it to push it down...i forgot really

Does it throw any codes since our struts appear to have sensors?

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by bin01123

Does it throw any codes since our struts appear to have sensors?

No codes for me since i don't have EDC

[535_BiTurbo]

This is great info.

[Teddylongtooth]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

i didn't either. i think me and my buddy stepped on it to push it down...i forgot really

I didn't remove the upper control arm either, I removed the upper steering knuckle from the upper control arm its 1 bolt and way easier. Also all the upper mounting plates have to be clocked to line up the upper shock bolts with the shock tower front and rear, I took pics of them to get an idea of where they need to be. This is a good video, too bad its just gonna get buried in the posts and people are still going to ask how to install springs/coilovers and be lazy AF and not do a search.

[EL Jeffe 5]

Great find Thanks for posting

[bin01123]

I've got the M sport suspension on my car with 90k miles. I recently got some new tires and an alignment. All suspension components checked out ok but I'm starting to worry about my struts at this mileage. The car still rides as well as it did the day I got it but was curious if anyone had an idea of when I should be looking to replace my struts. (100-130k)

Curious what mileage some folks got out of their factory struts before they needed replacing.

[lsturbointeg]

Originally Posted by bin01123

I've got the M sport suspension on my car with 90k miles. I recently got some new tires and an alignment. All suspension components checked out ok but I'm starting to worry about my struts at this mileage. The car still rides as well as it did the day I got it but was curious if anyone had an idea of when I should be looking to replace my struts. (100-130k)

Curious what mileage some folks got out of their factory struts before they needed replacing.

You can physically check them for oil leaking. Also another way to tell when your shocks are going out is if your ride starts to feel floaty as if you're on a boat

[bin01123]

Originally Posted by lsturbointeg

You can physically check them for oil leaking. Also another way to tell when your shocks are going out is if your ride starts to feel floaty as if you're on a boat

An interesting lesson I learned during quarantine. Your struts don't have to leak in order to be blown and you may not be able to tell either. With 95k miles on my M-Sport F10, I thought my struts were fine but figured they were on their way out.

I purchased OEM mounts and Bilstein sport struts for the front and back as I knew I'd be stuck in the house for a while. (Kept the oem sport springs) Installed the struts on Wednesday and had an alignment done on the car today.

While installing the front, I checked the rebound in the original front struts and both were completely toast. The rear weren't completely done but we're on there way out.

The car handles way better in the limited driving I've been able to do back and forth from the grocery store but I'm just shocked at how our stock struts can go on you gradually and you really don't feel that they're blown.