The old stops were very worn and crumbling. I thought I might have to remove the coil spring as the gap looked too small to squeeze the new ones in. I used a crow bar to open up a space and inserted a socket in to hold it open. I then used the mole grips to squash the stop a little flatter and crowbarred it in. A little grease helped and I also greased the hole so it located easily.
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Crowbar would slip on spring so be careful

Old and new!

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Hi Bryan,

Well done.....I did that job on mine about 3 months ago....similar condition as yours by the looks of it.
I did think about muscling the new ones in but decided against it.
Instead I bought a budget set of coil clamps from TopmaQ ($30) and cut them down to size to get into the confined space. Scooted the coils out which only took about 20 minutes per side.
Front ones next, but that is when I renew shocks which are knocking a bit.

Wait until you have to replace your fuel sender if your fuel gauge goes dicky. I dropped my tank as I didn't wan to cut the floor.
That is a far easier job on the 2.1 V6 models than your AWD model.

 

Do the old bump stops just slide off and the new ones slide on or are there nuts and bolts involved?

 

They push on. It’s a metal mushroom. Good luck