Rear Shocks

[ratorrey]

Ihave yet to do rear shocks on a Festiva and have not removed the old ones yet. Can someone look at the picture and tell me if I have the pieces in the correct order. I assume the last rubber bumper and metal cap actually go inside the car when bolting them on.

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[kingstonpygmies]

thats right. exactly how i did mine when i replaced them yesterday, they didnt look that good though. haha

[william]

Yep that's right. Make sure you soak em down with some oil before you try removing them from the beam.
The sleeves like to rust tight to the bolt making them hard to remove. And sometimes even breaking the tacked nut inside the beam loose, not fun.

[JPT]

If you're lucky, the strut bolts will come right out. If your bolts are typical 20+ year old factory ones, you will soon increase your swear word vocabulary immensely.

When you put the new ones in, use lots of never seize

[ratorrey]

Anyone know if the coil spring seat insulator can be found anyplace? It appears that it goes on top of the spring.

[kingstonpygmies]

i should have a few in decent at best shape. dont know about new. i would check rock auto or if your brave fourgreen.

[kingstonpygmies]

just looked on ebay and they have some they maybe of use. none that are model specific but some universal ones that would work. might order me a set

[ratorrey]

My springs(kia pride) came from fourgreen and I would order the seats for them but I cannot find them not can I find ant parts diagrams..

[ratorrey]

What did you search on ebay for??