Now thinking about doing the struts/shocks myself, but I'd really like some feedback on that and if I need special tools to compress the struts/shocks etc..
My skill level is advanced, but my patience isn't. lol
I heard the cowl may have to come off to get the struts off. I want to order all new assemblies. I'm told the OEM struts are on there and for the shop to align the vehicle they'd need to unbolt the struts and while there they want to replace the OEM struts.
When I replaced all new assemblies in my 95 Windstar I was told the alignment camber plates weren't necessary because I'd returned the setup to factory specs. Could that be the case here for the 2003 too?
I don't want to mess with the sway bar. I'm told that is rubbing on something. I wanna let the shop deal with that, but is this part of replacing the struts.. and/or would I be in the convenience to do this while I do the struts?
This is a project for my handicapped mother. The van is going to her.