Who wants to install my lowering springs?
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Well after installing my motor and trans i am worn out! I dont want to mess with my car right now so im going to pass on installing lowering springs! If someone is looking for some extra cash pm me your price and the day you are available to see what we can work out!
or you can call or text me
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Thanks,
Santana
or you can call or text me
214-586-9461
Thanks,
Santana
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I hope you have a tool to compress the springs, depending on which ones you have. I had sportlines, and got the tool from o'reilly, the coils were to close to get it in there, so I ended up paying 100 to have springs & shocks installed.
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I've used a borrowed Autozone and O'Reily's spring compressor (its free) and it is a PITA. The $50 for someone else to do this step is well worth it. Plus the passenger side nut on top is usually rusted all to hell and has to be cut off. Hope you have new shocks too.
I've used NTB in the past. I marked it all the first time so everything would line up, but I've been able to rotate the shorter spring on the assembly to line things up too.
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you keeping the stock shocks? or going to adjustables? i just did my car... the rears were super easy... the fronts wont be too bad if you're just doing regular shocks/springs... but i did A-arms and adjustable's, so it was a pain. i ended up breaking a harbor freight spring compressor doing the fronts. rented one from autozone that was 10x better.
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[QUOTE=mike171562;15325238]Slide a few coat hangers up through the springs compress the springs twist the 3-4 coat hangers tight. Take strut off take nut off slide spring off. Slide coat hangers up through new springs compress with the car twist the coat hangers tight slide the new spring on strut put it back together cut the hangers your done.
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[QUOTE=DPRock;15325516]
Slide a few coat hangers up through the springs compress the springs twist the 3-4 coat hangers tight. Take strut off take nut off slide spring off. Slide coat hangers up through new springs compress with the car twist the coat hangers tight slide the new spring on strut put it back together cut the hangers your done. **** THAT!!! You want to lose a arm don't you lol
Slide a few coat hangers up through the springs compress the springs twist the 3-4 coat hangers tight. Take strut off take nut off slide spring off. Slide coat hangers up through new springs compress with the car twist the coat hangers tight slide the new spring on strut put it back together cut the hangers your done.
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I used that coat hanger trick on the spring that holds your door open - one wire broke and bounced no fewer than three times from ceiling to floor before taking a chunk out of my 2" mdf workbench. Also chipped the cement and sheetrock where it bounced
A compressed suspension spring can easily remove limbs and kill someone...please dont do it
A compressed suspension spring can easily remove limbs and kill someone...please dont do it