txh0tb0i972

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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

214-586-9461



Thanks,
Santana

YellowTA1

iTrader: (10)

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.

txh0tb0i972

iTrader: (63)

no tool! thats why im paying for someone to do it... lol

DPRock

iTrader: (9)

Coat hangers and floor jack is all you need and few tools. It's like taking candy from a baby

rooster99ss

iTrader: (8)

I always just take the spring/shock assembly off of the car and run them up to a shop and have the springs swapped out. Usually runs about 50 bucks. Rest is a piece of cake

Greed4Speed

iTrader: (7)

This^.
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.

1BlkStealth

Yeah installing the struts and springs can take time....and it's not fun.

1BlkStealth

But it is rewarding on the handling and braking side of performance.

slayer_taunu

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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.

VinR1

iTrader: (17)

If you've got shocks, springs, and new uppers, i'll put the assembly together and install (rears too) for $150

mike171562

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[QUOTE=DPRock;15324871]Coat hangers and floor jack is all you need and few tools. It's like taking candy from a baby[/QUOTE

how do you use coat hangers?

AffordableAutoworks

PM sent.

DPRock

iTrader: (9)

[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.

SSHAWK

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[QUOTE=DPRock;15325516]**** THAT!!! You want to lose a arm don't you lol

KL20

iTrader: (18)

That's some McGuyver **** right there!

VinR1

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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

metalmilitia606

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Agreed. Coat hangers are sketchy. There is a reason humans invented spring compressors.

dgcustomz

iTrader: (127)

Santana, if you can bring it by the shop we can do it for you. We can go ahead and bleed that clutch while it's here. We have a hydraulic spring compressor here.

DPRock

iTrader: (9)

Lol never had a problem doing it this way but bow I have money I use tools

NemeSS

iTrader: (127)

Ive used coat hangers and a torch to weld **** together. But not to do some **** like that. I likes my teeth where they are. Pretty sure a runaway compressed spring uppercut is no bueno!