First you need to unscrew the cross link bar of the wish bone(white arrow). This will enable you easier taking off of the shock. To do so, get under the car while its not jacked up, and just unscrew the nut off completely.

After that, open the bonnet and pull off the plastic cap on the shock pad (white arrow). When removed it will look like this. Now take a spanner and a ratchet (6mm alen key) and put them on like on the pics left. When you have done that, just un tighten (1/2 - 1 turns) the nut. To un tighten the nut, hold the ratchet in place and turn the spanner. DO NOT unscrew more than that or take the nut off.

The next step is to unscrew the 3 screws holding the shock to the chassis (3 yellow arrows). Unscrew them, but not completely. Jack the car up, take the wheel off and put the car on a stilt. Using a spanner and ratchet, unscrew the 2 nuts shown by yellow arrows.

When the nuts are off, you are left with 2 screws (white arrows) that need to be taken out. To do so, just push them out in the red arrow direction. Now unscrew the 3 screws at the top (yellow arrows) while holding the shock with your left hand. Warning – when you take out the screws, the shock will drop down.

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