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Here it is, the last sane moment, before all hell broke loose.
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No turning back now!
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Stock Fronts:
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Stock Rears:
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My wife took these to prove that I did it all myself. If you look closely, you can see the sweat dripping off my face:
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Torn apart fronts:
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Completed Fronts:
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Completed Rears:
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2 days later:
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I didn't run into any major issues. Just took a lot longer than I expected only because I've never done anything like this before. Only had to make one trip to the parts store and that was just to borrow a set of spring compressors.