I was mucking around with mine a while ago.
Pull wheel off. Pull shock absorber out (Its simple, just undo the bolts at bottom and top and drop it down through the bottom). Then undo the nut on the ball joint, but leave it still on the top, dont remove it all together. You may need to hammer the metal part that the thread from the balljoint goes into with a few hard slams to get the ball joint to drop down.
I had the car on stands with a jack used at the bottom of the lower control arm for a little pressure - its not much at all, just keeps the pressure off the balljoint thread.
Once youve cracked the balljoint out, take the nut off the top of the thread, lower your jack down slowly and your spring will drop down. Make sure you have enough height to lower the jack down.
It wont shoot out at you, it might startle you first time as it slightly moves, it does it quickly.
After the first spring youll be an expert.
If you get stuck, sit down and just look at it all. See where everything connects and whats holding it in and then have a go at it.
Safety is paramount though, make sure youre using jack stands!
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