So last weekend I figured hey why not swap out my current shocks and springs with the new shocks I got a while back and the Coilovers. I ripped into the front and had a problem with a couple bolts so I had to go out and get a 400 ft/lb impact gun and compressor. After a few hours of wrenching I managed to put it back together and I dropped the suspension 1″ and damn it looks good now. So I was like ok if the front took 2 hours the back should be easier cuz its only 1 bolt on the bottom and 2 nuts on top of the strut. After 6 hours I was still hacking away at it cuz I broke both the bolts for the shocks and no real progress removing the shocks from the car. Regular force wasn’t working so I took a quick ride to the hardware store and picked up a propane torch and finally managed to take off the right suspension arm off the car with the strut still attached. I took this lower arm with the strut still attached to work next day and managed to cut the strut off and pound the broken bolt out with a sledge hammer. Monday I got a grinder with a cut off disc and cut the strut off the left lower arm and ripped into the strut for parts. The following day I put together both the shocks and mounted up the right side to the car. Problem remaining is that stupid bolt is still stuck on the left lower arm as shown in the picture below.

I tried using a vise to sqeeze it out but no success, so my next project will be to create a jig that I can mount my bottle hydraulic jack into so I can use that to push the bolt out. Have to wait till the weekend to do that so till then I can paint my rear drums and do the rear brakes.