For those of you with experience or the least bit of mechanical aptitude, this will seem stupid, but please bear with me. I made an attempt to install some Bilstein front struts on the 96 Cobra, and I'm not sure I put them in correctly at the top.
At first, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to re-use the bushing from the old strut that goes between the strut and the shock tower from underneath. I tried installing them without that, but it obviously wasn't right. So then I installed them with the bushing put on like this:
I'm still not sure that it's right, but I went with it and put them in. After I did both sides like that, it looked like one side of the car had more of the top bushing poking through than the other:
Please SVTPerformance, I am at your mercy. Did I do this correctly? Did I miss a step? Is it totaled? What am I missing, if anything. Explanations as if I am a five year old are acceptable, and if I'm honest, preferable. Thank you!
At first, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to re-use the bushing from the old strut that goes between the strut and the shock tower from underneath. I tried installing them without that, but it obviously wasn't right. So then I installed them with the bushing put on like this:
I'm still not sure that it's right, but I went with it and put them in. After I did both sides like that, it looked like one side of the car had more of the top bushing poking through than the other:
Please SVTPerformance, I am at your mercy. Did I do this correctly? Did I miss a step? Is it totaled? What am I missing, if anything. Explanations as if I am a five year old are acceptable, and if I'm honest, preferable. Thank you!