rear suspension is done tonight.. finishing the rest tommorow morning.

The first thing I did was loosen the top nut on the shock while the car was still on the ground. I used a vice grip to hold keep the shock from spinning and a 17mm wrench on the nut. then I cracked the lug bolts and jacked up the car from the back, put it on stands and took of the wheels.

with the car on stands, the plastic shield around the control arm came off with two 10 mm bolts. the shield unclips with some convincing.

the lower bolt on the shock (the one on the left) can be removed, and a jack can be positioned under the lower control arm.

the other two bolts come out pretty easily, I left the sway bar for last. You may need to adjust the jack a couple times to get the weight off the bolts.