New to working on cars in general. Help., Serious. Options

[Tedskiii]

Well as from my previous thread, I've purchased a 240. And it's my second car. I'm really into them, but I have this fear of working on it ! I don't know why. I guess because I'm new to it, and I don't know where to start !

I'm just scared to mess up because of stupidity. Right now the car is all stock other than coilovers which aren't set low, and an exhaust. The coils are K-Sports, and the exhaust is Megan. I plan Lowering it pretty low, not oil pan scraping low but decent. I plan on picking up a floor jack tomorrow, idk if I should get a low pro, or a regular one.

But my first plan is to adjust the coilovers, but I don't know where to start. I'm trying to find a tech manual or somthing I can just read through to learn more. But for now this is just my regular Daily driver.

Any help/thoughts on this?! Thanks.

[David48]

If you can afford it, get a low pro. The coil overs are easy. Jack it up, remove the wheels, remove the 2 17mm nuts/bolts at the bottom of the coilover which connect it to the spindle in the front, and from there you can spin the collars and mount. Moving them all up makes it lower, down makes the car higher. It'll make more sense when you see it. For the rear, remove the wheel, and remove the 1 17mm nut/washer which hold it to the rear knuckle. Then you can spin the collar and mount up to drop it. Just make sure you tighten everything nicely afterwards.

[Tedskiii]

If you can afford it, get a low pro. The coil overs are easy. Jack it up, remove the wheels, remove the 2 17mm nuts/bolts at the bottom of the coilover which connect it to the spindle in the front, and from there you can spin the collars and mount. Moving them all up makes it lower, down makes the car higher. It'll make more sense when you see it. For the rear, remove the wheel, and remove the 1 17mm nut/washer which hold it to the rear knuckle. Then you can spin the collar and mount up to drop it. Just make sure you tighten everything nicely afterwards.

So a regular jack would do? But I'm confused on the order to loosen/spin the spindles. Don't want to mess up. :/

[David48]

^He speaks the truth. Don't be afraid. Just go in and learn on your own. That's how most of us have learned. I did it without a manual because the way I looked at it, I could spend the $15 on my car instead haha

So a regular jack would do? But I'm confused on the order to loosen/spin the spindles. Don't want to mess up. :/

Well loosen all the collars that you'll be moving around first. Then you loosen the two bolts and remove them so that you can spin the collar and lower mount up. Then you tighten the two bolts/nuts and tighten the collars. If you don't have the tools that came with the coilovers, then carefully hit them with a flat head screw driver and a hammer. Someone must have made a write up on it somewhere. It's extremely simple. I figured it all out on my own when I had to do it.