Questions or Comments? Email Us Tutorial Sponsor Tools Required for the Job Perform at your own risk! The information for this tutorial is based on my own experiences. It is meant to be working instructions for the DIY'er attempting to perform this job at home. These instructions are how I performed this procedure. I take no personal responsibility for any damage you may incur by following these instructions. Secure vehicle on jack stands. Always use jack stands when working under the vehicle. Disconnect the negative battery terminal. Remove the front wheels. Remove endlink from strut assembly mount using a 14mm deep well socket and a 17mm wrench to keep the endlink bolt from turning.  If removing the entire endlink, mark the endlink identifying which side of the car it was removed from and it's orientation (top or bottom). Time required to complete the job: ~ 1.5 hours You must get a proper alignment immediately after installation of the new struts.  Failure to do so will result in excessive tire wear and safety issues. Disconnect wheel speed sensor wire from strut assembly bracket.  From the back of the bracket, use a pair of pliers and squeeze the plastic clip together to allow the clip to pull out of the strut assembly bracket.  Disconnect the wheel sensor wire from the wheel sensor and move it to the side. Remove the brake line mount from the strut assembly bracket.  The plastic mount has a slotted center that when rotated to the correct position will easily slide out of the strut assembly bracket. Remove the strut assembly to steering knuckle retaining bolts, nuts and washers.  Discard the bolts and nuts you should have been provided new ones with the coilovers.  Save the washers, you will reuse them.  The nuts require a 22mm wrench or socket and the bolt requires a 19mm wrench or socket.  Use whatever combination of these tools you have available to remove the bolts and nuts. There is no need to remove the alignment bolt, just leave it in the current position. Support the strut assembly from the bottom so it doesn’t fall and damage any other components.  I used a jackstand and wood block. From within the engine bay, remove the dust cap from the top of the strut assembly. Remove the strut assembly to body retaining nut with a 15/16” or 22mm wrench while holding the strut shaft with a 10mm wrench.  Remove the strut assembly to body retaining plate.  The strut assembly is no longer connected to the vehicle.  From the wheel well remove the strut assembly from the vehicle. No components are needed from the OEM strut assembly, so it will not be needed any further. Setting up the Pedders Xa Front Coilovers Prior to Installation After a few attempts of playing with the settings, I ended up with a front ride height of 615mm.  The height is measured from the lower lip of the wheel through the center of the wheel up to the fender lip.  Loading the spring.  Load the front spring 2mm.  What I did was loosened the spring adjuster until the spring was loose.  I then tightened the spring adjuster until it was touching the spring.  At this point I took my measurment.  I measured from the inside of the top and bottom black plastic spring seats.  After my initial measurement I used the Pedders supplied spanner wrench to tighten the spring retainer, compressing the spring 2mm from my initial measurement.  The distance I ended up at between the spring seats was 156mm.  Bring the locking ring into place against the spring adjuster and lock the adjuster in place with the locking ring using the supplied spanner wrench.  Pedders instructs to use a drift and hammer to ensure the locking ring is completely tight.  Recheck measurement one last time to verify nothing moved. To adjust the ride height I measured through the bottom of the lower mount tube to the strut body.  The distance I set this to was 40mm.  This gave me a ride height of 615mm.  You can adjust this to up or down to your desired setting.  (i.e. 50mm would give you a ride height of 625mm.)  Tighten the locking ring into place using the supplied spanner wrench.  Pedders instructs to use a drift and hammer to ensure the locking ring is completely tight. Using a 19mm wrench remove the damping adjuster from the top of the strut assembly and set to the side. Place the strut assembly in place from the wheel well.  From the top put in place the strut assembly to body retaining plate and start the strut assembly retaining nut on the strut shaft. Using a 5mm allen wrench, hold the strut assembly shaft while tightening the strut assembly retaining nut with a 15/16” or 22mm wrench.  Using a torque wrench and 22mm crows foot, Torque nut to 40ft-lbs. Install the strut assembly to steering knuckle retaining bolts, nuts and washers.  Use the new bolts and washers provided by Pedders.  Before completely tightening the assembly, align the strut to the alignment bolt on the steering knuckle, and then tighten the retaining bolts.  Do not tighten the retaining bolts more than 60ft-lbs.  This will be good enough until you can get a proper alignment performed. Install the endlink to the strut assembly mount using a 14mm deep well socket and a 17mm wrench to keep the endlink bolt from turning.  Ensure proper orientation of the endlink if it was completely removed from the vehicle.  Torque the endlink nuts to 37ft-lbs. Re-attach the wheel speed sensor wire to the strut assembly bracket.  Reconnect the wire to the speed sensor. Re-attach the brake line mount to the strut assembly bracket. Install the wheels and lower the vehicle.  With the vehicle on the ground verify the top strut assembly retaining nut is properly torqued.  Using a 5mm allen wrench, hold the strut assembly shaft while tightening the strut assembly retaining nut.  Using a torque wrench and 22mm crows foot, Torque nut to 40ft-lbs. Re-insert the damping adjuster into the top of the strut assembly and tighten using a 19mm wrench. Upon completion of the installation of the rear coilovers immediately get a four wheel alignment.