Originally Posted By: The Critic
I just did my 2nd set of these tonight. The fronts are easy, but the backs....well....aren't that fun.
I usually go thru the top of the seat backs to access the nuts. Both of the ones that I did were XLE's with rear seatbacks that did not fold down. How did you do it?
edit - the first time I did it, I removed the side bolsters, but it's a pain to line-up the bolsters and put back that bolt. So the second time, I went thru the top.
I just did a set on my 02 camry. Put in Sensens, the Asian Sensations.
I saw on youtube to pull the bottom seat cushion to get at the side bolster bolt, but I was able to get a 12mm socket on a foot long extension in by simply leaning on the foam correctly.
The toyota mounts have a convenient little paint mark to line up with the "ears" on the bottom that bolt to the knuckle. They beat Dodge Neons with that little bonus.
The biggest deal was the stupid sway bar end links, with rusted threads and an unwillingness to come loose. Doing the actual spring compression was easy as pie. If I felt like chopping off end links at $20 a corner it would have saved me more time than quick-struts.