Front Springs/Shocks
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Front Springs/Shocks About 2 years ago, a friend and I replaced my stockers with some Eibachs and Bilstiens but now that I am de-modding & putting the stockers back in, I have to do it alone.......I have read that you can take the assembly somewhere and have a shop compress them for you instead of having to rent the manual compressors from Autozone or wherever (which take forever) and I was wondering if anyone knows someplace local that does that? If they can do it in 20 minutes that would save me 2 days trying to do it myself. I can remove and replace them no problem, but the compressing part using the "tools" from Autozone sucks butt.
Any suggestions/help/ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Any suggestions/help/ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Originally Posted by Rokko
The vultures are hovering............ 
Oh, and I borrowed Tranzors compressor
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I have a manual compressor for those springs... it's a bitch and a half to get those suckers loose though, and you have to be careful the top doesn't fly off under the pressure, cave your skull in and turn you into a vegetable.
If you don't want to do it yourself though, just about any shock/strut place should have the tools to get those pieces apart for you.
If you don't want to do it yourself though, just about any shock/strut place should have the tools to get those pieces apart for you.
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Originally Posted by Steve Goodwin
Not sure, but what are you doing with the parts you are taking off?
Originally Posted by Nate_Taufer
The knuckleheads at Les Schwab should be able to do it for ya.
Nate
Nate
F*CK Les Schwab!!!
Originally Posted by Rokko
The vultures are hovering............
Originally Posted by Tranzor
I have a manual compressor for those springs... it's a bitch and a half to get those suckers loose though, and you have to be careful the top doesn't fly off under the pressure, cave your skull in and turn you into a vegetable.
If you don't want to do it yourself though, just about any shock/strut place should have the tools to get those pieces apart for you.
If you don't want to do it yourself though, just about any shock/strut place should have the tools to get those pieces apart for you.
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I don't have that many dollars. Guess Firestone is out.
I think I have the situation taken care of........just gotta figure out the going price.
I think I have the situation taken care of........just gotta figure out the going price.