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      06-11-2006, 08:29 AM   #42
larryn
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Drives: '97 332ti, '21 X5 45e, '16 GT4
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Originally Posted by a_moux
wow 4hrs for all four springs that's pretty quick man. I just installed my front ones with my buddy and it took us about 4.5 hrs.
We did E90boy's springs last weekend, and it didn't go as smoothly as my install. Every bolt fought us, and nothing wanted to line back up, once it was reassembled. I think his car took close to 5 hours for all 4 corners.

Then we installed e46 M3 shocks/struts/springs on an E46 330Ci, and that took about 3 hours. If the lugbolts weren't nearly seized on that car, it would have been less than 2 hours for the whole shebang.

You're likely going to find that lining up the rear swingarm bolt, during reassembly, may be a PITA, as it was on E90boy's car. It wasn't that troublesome on my E90. E90boy kept saying, "You did this in 3-4 hours on your car???". I replied, "Yeah, and that was including taking pictures and making notes for the DIY at the same time."
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