I'd posted a few weeks ago about my car scraping as I went through a dip in the road or into a driveway. Thanks to the board, I've got replacement springs, and am plotting out the operation to replace mine.

Reading in the Bentley manual, it says to install the strut assembly, lower the car, and THEN tighten the lower strut bolt. Why is this? Wouldn't it be much simpler to tighten the bolt with the wheel removed and the car raised? Can the bolt be easily accessed with the car lowered and the wheel installed?

Any other gotchas I should know about before trying this out? If the problem persists, I'm going to order new shocks.

Thanks,

Norman