Well, ON TOPIC!!!! Anyways:
I have the prothanes. I had no access to any kinda press or any special tools to help me. I installed all 4 by myself (except at the very end you need help) In about 2-3 hours.
I had an extra set of mounts, so I took those and torched them with the propane torch. Let it burn for awhile, then knoc all the rubber out. Then I put them in the water to cool. The black rubber stuff gets all over everything, and is a bitch to get off. Then I took a very slim flat head scre driver witha hammer and banged the screwdriver into the wall of the mount, in between the mount and the ring inside the mount. Doing that makes a bend/buldge in the ring. Then I took a sharp chisel and a hammer and banged the chisel on the buldge, which cut the ring in half. Once I did that, the pressure on the ring was relieved, and I pryed it out with a screwdriver.
This is where you need some help. I got my brother to help me and it took about5-10 minutes to press them in without a press. If you look at the prothanes, one side is shiny & smooth, and the otehr is kinda rough. I got some white grease and sprayed it all over the shiny smooth side. Then I jacked my car up so that the front tire was far enough off the ground for me to fit the mount as well as the prothane insert under it. take your mount and lay it on its side, and put the prothane with the shiny, greased side down on top of the mount(you need to spray the grease on the insed of the mount too). Make sure you DO NOT have the brass sleeve for the bolt already in the insert, or it probably wont go in. if you have a piece of ply wod to put over top of the mount it may help keep the mount cenetered as you lower the car onto it, but its not required.What I did was lay on the ground and kept pressure on the prothane insert from the sides to keep it cenetered, while my brother SLOWLY lowered the jack until there was enough pressure on the mount for it to hold itself in centered. Then as I watched (make sure your hands are out by now!) he let the jack down slow, and once it gets to a certain point, the mount will pop in. YOu need to wattch it though, if it wasnt cenetered good, the insert will slip off and go down sideways, and you will ahve to jack it up again and start over. It took me 2-3 tries on each mount to get it centered right. Once it pops in, have your helper jack the car up slowly again while you grab the mount, becasue it wil not be all the way in, only halfway. Once its out from the tire, just press hard with your hands and if you used enough lube, it should slide right in. Errrr...that didnt sound right. Oh well, thats how I did mine, and had zero trouble. Good luck, and PM me if you have any questions.
