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Quote: Originally Posted by hein Those little clips can be a PITA until you realize you can just slide a washer or short length of tubing on to compress the all the little wings at once. Cussed a few of those myself. A properly sized 12 point socket works well too. I can't remember what size I use, but it works. This works pretty good too.

From what I say on the directions it said that it needed to be hooked up to the positive side of the parking brake switch. But sometimes directions suck and you have to trust what you know and from past installs it was mainly on a switched ground so the relay idea with a double ground would work real nicely instead.

Quote: Originally Posted by Low Saturn I meant that the parking brake switch on the car provides a ground when the parking brake is on. There's bypasses people sell on eBay and work arounds on some of the Pioneer forums. Just be carefull of some of those bypasses. They sell one for Kenwoods. For models I have All that needs to be done on them is ground the parking brake wire. What I've read all you need is a standard 12 volt relay....

Quote: Originally Posted by Mgg4591 Yea im definatley going to buy an electric then. I tried to remove one of the struts today. Got the top bolts off no problem, but the two connected to the knuckle are not going anywhere without an electric tool. How many footpounds of torque would you recommend i get. I see some that are 200 foot pounds and others that are 500. I used a 21mm closed end with a 22mm linked to it to give me more leverage on...

Quote: Originally Posted by cloud819 In this swap you will be trying to take apart suspension parts that have not moved in a very very long time; You have been warned. Sounds scary, well not really but at least you are being honest. I was hoping for a bolt on to buy from an aftermarket company but now will just look for somebody with an sl2 that was an oil burner or blown head gasket or maybe front end damage that wants to let it go for...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mgg4591 Will this one get the job done for removing the struts? http://cgi.ebay.com/New-1-2-Electric...item4cec87805f Do you have a Harbor Freight in your area? If you're going to get a generic one, I'd at least get it someplace local where you have some reasonable chance of getting it replaced if it craps out early on.

Quote: Originally Posted by Low Saturn I was in front of a Prius today. They have HID's and no projectors too. ok you win, that car is horrible from an engineering stand point.

Will this one get the job done for removing the struts? http://cgi.ebay.com/New-1-2-Electric...item4cec87805f

well, heres the thing. i dont HAVE 1000 dollars, and theres the fact that i just put struts, strut mounts, axles, inner and outer tie rod ends, radiator, power steering pump, new exhaust from the cat back (original muffler lasted 447,000 miles) master cylinder, calipers, wheel cylinders pads and rotors up front and wheel cylinders and shoes and drums out back, new tires, including a full size spare. theres no way i'd get my money out of...

Quote: Originally Posted by plastic torpedo oh, lol Well in defense of mr 99saturbo I think he was referring to 300-500 hp 4-cylinders. Even then, those numbers are thrown around a lot in the 4 cylinder world lately. ****, an EVO8 MR FQ400 comes with 400 hp and a 3 year warranty and a 2.0L engine. Not all that hard to push it to 600 from there without changing a whole lot of stuff. @quiksc2 my bad man, thought you're making fun of all...