After swapping from stock to Mina to VAP I decided to make a video guide in case you want to attempt this at home. All tools are in the description. Takes about 4 hours the first time (assuming you have all the tools and nothing breaks/gets stuck), and second time took about 2.5 hours.

 

That comparison at the start is very helpful. I've been tossing around the idea of getting off my H&R springs because they are too low, but could never get a solid idea of how much it would change. Thanks!

 

A few comments:

- Good balance between detail and brevity. Ten minutes or less is a good length for this sort of thing. Of course, more complicated operations would need more time.
- The front will be a little different on RWD cars. I haven't done this yet so can't say exactly how, but the lower half of the shock is different because it doesn't need to clear the driveshaft.
- It looks like the only think holding the rear inner panel was the wires for the light. Removing the panel completely gives more room to work.
- Minor nit-pick: Those aren't sensors at the top of the shock. That's for powering the valves to control damping. The sensors are elsewhere (attached to control arms).

And a question:

- On the rears, does the spring have any preload once that top nut is tightened, or does the spring float around a little? For the V6 it can float a little. I'm not certain what to do about that. I have some spare shocks with springs fitted and put in a 1/2" spacer on the lower spring seat to address that, but have yet to install them.

 

Good post and video, thanks.

Shame they (or anyone else for that matter) don't do springs for the >2020 cars

 

I was not aware of any difference year to year, only variant to variant (V6 vs, V8, RWD vs. AWD).