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For some this may be pretty straightforward, and even more so with the free shop manual on the HMA Service website. But I saw we didnt have a DIY for this yet in the "Accent 3G Document Library" and I thought I would put one together with actual photos.
I compiled the necessary info from HMA Service into a PDF and it is attached to this post.
This install took me 3 hours, with just hand tools. Car is a 2009 Accent SE. This was my first time attempting a spring install on any vehicle and other than having to use some strength a few times it was easy.
I did the fronts first to get the hard part out of the way. On the first strut I more or less followed what HMA Service reccomended as the procedure to remove the struts, but here is my "modified" procedure where I will point out what I did differently to help the uninstall/install go much quicker and smoother.
I compiled the necessary info from HMA Service into a PDF and it is attached to this post.
This install took me 3 hours, with just hand tools. Car is a 2009 Accent SE. This was my first time attempting a spring install on any vehicle and other than having to use some strength a few times it was easy.
I did the fronts first to get the hard part out of the way. On the first strut I more or less followed what HMA Service reccomended as the procedure to remove the struts, but here is my "modified" procedure where I will point out what I did differently to help the uninstall/install go much quicker and smoother.
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