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Originally Posted by Dean
Gravity says it should drop to the extent the sway bar and lower arm allow unless it is bound up on something. The paint, or cosmoleen, or whatever it is spreayted on the fender well, or the threads off the studs may hold it, but there is no magic supporting it once those nuts are off?
Maybe Matt's Titan Physics exemption extends to his STI struts. A jack under the strut can't hurt.
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There's just the small matter of friction in the LCA bushing. You have to physically push down on the strut to get it to drop enough to get to the top mount under the fender.
When the car's in the air, the suspension is already at full droop, to gotta push on it to make it go further, especially if the swaybat is left hooked up. Hell, if the whole front end isn't in the air, you may need to actually disconnect the swaybar just to be able to get the wheel to drop at all.
In fact, add that to my instructions... before getting the car in the air, disconnect the front swaybar on the corner that needs to be fixed.