VW owners...

[eric@canibeat]

big ass breaker bar.

[geminidubber]

head to your local autoparts store or harbor freight tools store and pick up a electric impact gun. they are cheap and it will do the trick. i have done it. good luck though.

[tdilynch]

whats you first show of the season?

[evovento]

where the pic of the stance ?

[martjob]

you just need enough leverage...find a tube thats a couple feet long and use that with your socket

[OEMPLU5]

you get that rub strip thing fixed?

[hinrichs]

vice grips + rag...clamp up high on the strut where you can then use a socket up top...take your time

i have used that method so many times when my impact couldnt spin fast enough to get the nut off

[nateee]

go to walmart and get the $30 impact gun you plug into your cig socket. has worked for 6-10 coil installs for me and friends!

rubber rear perch things arent necessary :P

[Neb]

not necessarily but if it was tightened with air then yes. However i thought air wasn't supposed to be used because of cracking the strut bearings.

This is what I've heard too. I think you're screwed for getting it off tonight. I would just pop by a local garage, get them to loosen them and then drive home (hand tighten the nuts so nothing moves though.

And I have the same style of rear suspension in the TT and there's no rubber in da rear.

[VrDubssat]

no worries on pulling that pad and you need air for the top nut or the special tool.

not necessarily but if it was tightened with air then yes. However i thought air wasn't supposed to be used because of cracking the strut bearings.

[Prime]

no worries on pulling that pad and you need air for the top nut or the special tool.

[VrDubssat]

vice grips, socket, and allen wrench. It isnt easy though

[e36rjbmw]

ohh the ones putting it on the car are 21mm. oops.

well, did you get it then?

No not yet, I'm working right now, but my car is in my buddies garage and hes going to try it tonight with an allen wrench and an offset wrench.

[Effin' Euro]

ohh the ones putting it on the car are 21mm. oops.

well, did you get it then?

[e36rjbmw]

you need a 21mm (?) offset wrench and an allen key.
i've neverdone it without air tools, so good luck.
and as for the "rubber pad" i assume you mean the spring isolater....which can be removed, no biggie.

all this is also assuming you're talking about a mkiv

its 18mm.