Removing Spring Strut Locking Devices: Notes

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• The wheels need not be removed! 

1. Lift the vehicle (wheels on the front axle must be free). → 4X00IN LIFTING THE VEHICLE 
2. Pull down the bellows at both ends of the prefitted red plastic tabs -arrow-  .
3. Unclip the 3  lock blocks -1-  from the piston rod one after the other.

   The upper lock block is obscured by the spring strut mount and is therefore quite easy to miss. 

   Fig 1: Removing Spring Strut Locking Devices

   Courtesy of PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
4. Remove the red plastic tab from the piston rod.
5. Push the bellows back up by hand.
6. Lower the vehicle.