Remove Old Lift Supports

stick to help so this is the lower stanchion on this shock and basically all we're going to do is take our flat tip screwdriver we're going to put it right in here and there's a little clip that little clip you see it popping free keep your hand right here because it's going to pop loose and go flying somewhere if you don't watch out now that clip is free right there we're going to go up to the top side and do the same thing so the top side here is just a little more user-friendly we could get it from this direction from the top or we could get it from the bottom we're just going to reach right up underneath here with a flat tip screwdriver and pry that guy out too this one will kind of stay in place now the next step we're going to do is we're actually going to release that same pin on our new one you just basically just pry that up have it ready to rock and roll pry that one up and then pry it up on this end very simple the new ones a little bit more user-friendly than the original Honda equipment here's where your helper or your dad or your own arms come into place so you want to lift up a little bit on the hatch that you have and your old shock should pop right off so it just came right off and underneath here are little like balls that this thing rides on so we're gonna wipe those clean and we're gonna reinstall our new ones after you put a little drop of