DIY Front Upper / "A" arm installation

ok... first take jack up the car and take off the wheels

then remove 3 nuts indicates with the red arrow. one in the middle, use 17mm (remove the safety pin first - straighten it and pull it out). and for the other 2 nuts, use 14mm... u have to use some sort of extention here and preferebly a round spanner... it will be hard coz it has 'locktite' from factory...


remember to jack the lower arm to release tension between upper arm and the brake knuckle. put WD40 and use rubber mallet if you need to...

fit the upper arm, after you set the desired degree... i set mine on 8mm... and dont tighten the 2 nuts of the 14mm first... make sure u align the center of the arm with the plastic inner fender lip (red dotted line). then you can tighten it... follow workshop manual for the torque spec (i didnt )


after that, you can push the brake knuckle to the upper arm, dont forget to put the black pastic cone that comes with it.... then tighten the 17mm bolts and put the safety pin after... follow workshop manual for the torque spec...


done and done.... the right one was hard for me, then when i did the left one, it was easier and alot faster...


moral of the story: WD40 fix everything

thx for kenny and jally for the help :)