Lift the car with a car jack. Your vehicles spare tire jack will work. Positions the jack where the car manufacturer would have you place it to replace a flat tire, this can be found in the owners Manual. Once in the air use jack stands or wooden blocks to secure the car. Place the jack stands or blocks beside the jack under the car so as if the jack was to fail the car would not fall. Next remove the wheel, and place blocks under the control arm leaving a 3-4 inch gap.



Remove the strut from the vehicle. Open the hood and locate the strut towers. Usually they are located at the midpoint of the inside fender well and look like cylinders. They are most likely held in by three small bolts. Remove the strut tower bolts. The assembly may fall. Now go to the inside fender well and follow the strut until it ends.

















Install the spring and the strut bearing on to the new strut. Compress the spring with a spring compressor; use the compressor according to the instructions that are included with it. At the very top of the strut is a large nut on top of what looks like disc, but is actually the strut bearing. Remove the large nut on top of the strut with ratchet and socket combination, and hold the strut rod with a wrench just below the strut bearing. Now that the nut is removed the strut bearing and spring will be free of the old strut


Assemble the new strut. Put the spring over the new strut; make sure to include any rubber parts from the old strut. Install the strut bearing over the spring and replace the strut rod nut to the manufacture specified torque.


Install the new strut assembly with by reversing the removal instructions.

Rusted springs need to be replaced.
 
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There are most likely two or three large bolts holding the strut to the steering knuckle; remove these large bolts by first removing the nuts and then they will need to be hammered out of the strut to free it. You should now be able to pull the strut assembly from the car and place it on the ground.
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