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F/U to Coilover install....Anyone use these types of spring compressors?

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Old 05-04-2004, 05:43 PM
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I used one similar to this
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Default I've used one like this. Scared the he77 out of me.

I felt like the spring was going to blow out of the compressor the whole time... although it got the job done.

The first one you posted looks more convenient, but it's also 4x expensive.
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SFG has on one occasion used these cheap ones...not recommended
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Definitely not recommended. It bust apart on the 2nd strut dissasembly.
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