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Brad Roberts · 07-22-2013, 11:28 PM

I laugh every time I see someone using a spring compressor.. LOL unless you weigh 150#'s.. there is NO need for one. Not even for safeties sake. Removing them to install aftermarket springs? Pry the bottom out of the spring perch and rotate the spring (think of unscrewing a bolt) down the strut. Pull the strut out, remove the upper mount and thread it back up or continue down. Takes 5min per shock to get the spring off the perch while the shocks are STILL on the car

Install? I believe the stock spring rates were in the 118lb range for the front and 168 in the rear. If you weigh under 150#'s I could see how installing them *might* be difficult. I push down with one hand on the upper mount and thread the nut on with the other

07-22-2013, 11:28 PM	#7
Brad Roberts Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Alta Loma, CA Posts: 1,334	I laugh every time I see someone using a spring compressor.. LOL unless you weigh 150#'s.. there is NO need for one. Not even for safeties sake. Removing them to install aftermarket springs? Pry the bottom out of the spring perch and rotate the spring (think of unscrewing a bolt) down the strut. Pull the strut out, remove the upper mount and thread it back up or continue down. Takes 5min per shock to get the spring off the perch while the shocks are STILL on the car Install? I believe the stock spring rates were in the 118lb range for the front and 168 in the rear. If you weigh under 150#'s I could see how installing them might be difficult. I push down with one hand on the upper mount and thread the nut on with the other __________________ Engine Builds, Transmission Builds, Engine Conversions, Suspension Installs, Suspension Tuning, Driver Coaching, Data Acquisition, Video, SCCA/PCA/POC/NASA/GRAND AM/ALMS. We have worked with amateur and professional drivers for over 26 years. In house machinist, In house fabrication. Our cars, our parts, our engines, our transmission's run nationwide at events every weekend. We work side by side with industry names developing parts.