Lowering spring install issue, rear brake line in way

CoeusAscended · 09-21-2020, 07:21 PM

Just wtf is this, on videos and guides, everybody's brakeline is out of the way enough to get a wrench in and undo the outer bolt on the lower control arm yet for some damn reason my car has the brake line LITERALLY going in front of the bolt?! What can I do to fix this, because it is impossible to get out and my frustration is reaching peak levels, on top of that I damaged the stupid line trying to get a wrench in and get the bolt out. Ridiculous engineering!

Anger aside, any help would be massively appreciated cause Im considering just giving up, put the garbage back together and let a shop do it instead.

Edit: doing the inner bolts doesnt work either because there is this weird little arm thingie attached to the trialing arm that doesnt come loose anywhere and its at max range without being able to get the spring out. This is some serious bullshit.

supersportss · 09-21-2020, 09:30 PM

What company are the springs from?

CoeusAscended · 09-22-2020, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by supersportss

What company are the springs from?

H&R, issue is not the springs here though because I cant even get the stock ones out due to baffling choice in engineering, brake line blocking the trailing arm bolt and some weird arm (magnaride maybe?) not allowing the inner trailing arm to drop. Fronts went well, ran into an issue that I fixed and they ran perfect after

CoeusAscended · 09-22-2020, 05:14 PM

Update, fixed the springs now, I dunno why but there are two Phastek install videos and one shows the magna control and how to remove it while the other doesnt even mention it. Very annoying, but it finally worked out, loosening and removing the inner bolts on the lower control arm is no joke.

driven2exceSS · 09-22-2020, 05:26 PM

Glad you persevered... Cheers to the success

supersportss · 09-22-2020, 05:58 PM

Glad you didn't give up, sometimes I get so pissed the way cars are designed, try and change spark plugs on a 4th gen camaro or firebird. LOL

lcd550 · 10-04-2020, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by CoeusAscended

...loosening and removing the inner bolts on the lower control arm is no joke.

+1...removing it was the easy part, actually putting the bolt back in was a pain in the ass! I struggled on the right side; stopped due to frustration and worked on the left side; installed it fairly quickly. Went back to the right side and finally got it to go in.

Good job on persevering! I know the feeling

09-21-2020, 07:21 PM	#1
CoeusAscended Drives: Chevrolet Camaro SS 2018 Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Sweden Posts: 102	Lowering spring install issue, rear brake line in way Just wtf is this, on videos and guides, everybody's brakeline is out of the way enough to get a wrench in and undo the outer bolt on the lower control arm yet for some damn reason my car has the brake line LITERALLY going in front of the bolt?! What can I do to fix this, because it is impossible to get out and my frustration is reaching peak levels, on top of that I damaged the stupid line trying to get a wrench in and get the bolt out. Ridiculous engineering! Anger aside, any help would be massively appreciated cause Im considering just giving up, put the garbage back together and let a shop do it instead. Edit: doing the inner bolts doesnt work either because there is this weird little arm thingie attached to the trialing arm that doesnt come loose anywhere and its at max range without being able to get the spring out. This is some serious bullshit. Last edited by CoeusAscended; 09-21-2020 at 08:41 PM.

09-22-2020, 05:26 PM	#5
driven2exceSS Drives: 2016 2SS BLK A8 Vert Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: MA Posts: 1,029	Glad you persevered... Cheers to the success __________________ NPP, MRC, Tinted side & rear reflectors, OEM ZL1 Rockers / 3rd Brake / Darken tail lights, OEM Blk rear splash guards, Satin hood wrap, Fuse pull, Sound tube delete, Cat delete, Ported 95 TB, Ported MSD IM, Dry RotoFab, ARH 1 7/8 headers, E85, "Performance Dyno" Tune, BMR "pieces", "Track" alignment, Hawk DCT-70/70's w/SRF, Goodridge lines, Ti shims, Red powdered calipers, 18" APEX SM-10's w/ Pirelli DH's, FE4 Vert swaybars, Brake cooling ducts, ATI 10% UD, Vorshlag camber plates, OEM 1LE Splitter w/APR Ext., Velossa BIG MOUTH Ram Air, CF QA1, ZLE brakes(F)

09-21-2020, 09:30 PM	#2
supersportss Drives: 2019 SS Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: North Texas Posts: 259	What company are the springs from?

09-22-2020, 05:14 PM	#4
CoeusAscended Drives: Chevrolet Camaro SS 2018 Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Sweden Posts: 102	Update, fixed the springs now, I dunno why but there are two Phastek install videos and one shows the magna control and how to remove it while the other doesnt even mention it. Very annoying, but it finally worked out, loosening and removing the inner bolts on the lower control arm is no joke.

09-22-2020, 05:58 PM	#6
supersportss Drives: 2019 SS Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: North Texas Posts: 259	Glad you didn't give up, sometimes I get so pissed the way cars are designed, try and change spark plugs on a 4th gen camaro or firebird. LOL

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