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lowering a honda....anyone use a spring compressor?

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Old 06-20-2006, 08:20 PM
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CHEATER... i like that plan though. from now on i will be buying real coilovers unless its a POS car, and you can buy new hats for like 13bucks at any autoparts store
Well i found a kid selling some ground controls on HT and said I take them for $200 picked up...when I got there they were rapped around a set of koni yellows with the top hats still on ...one was blown but i had a mint set at home anyways so I just swapped out the old konis for the good ones and threw them on like that, luck me huh, yea I cheated, we used a spring compresor on my GF lil bros teg and it was suck a pain
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Old 06-20-2006, 08:36 PM
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i take the nut off the shock rod, the one that holds the strut together off with the wheels on the ground then jack it up slowly. works like a charm every time. i do it the same way at work using the lift to pick the car up.
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Old 06-20-2006, 11:26 PM
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i usually just put the bottom of the shock against a wall and put both feet on the spring and hit it with the impact. only been hit in the nuts once, and i learned my lesson. spring compressors are the way to go.
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Old 06-21-2006, 01:17 AM
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Default Re: lowering a honda....anyone use a spring compressor?

Originally Posted by douspray
i take the nut off the shock rod, the one that holds the strut together off with the wheels on the ground then jack it up slowly. works like a charm every time. i do it the same way at work using the lift to pick the car up.
This man knows how its done.That is the easiest and safest way without using a ********** spring compressor.
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Old 06-21-2006, 04:19 AM
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I just cut the stock spring and then loosen the assembley.
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Old 06-21-2006, 02:46 PM
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Leave it in the car or let her fly across the floor.
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Old 06-21-2006, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 90dx
********** spring compressor
I think that is its technical name actually. Those things are a pain in the ***.
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Old 06-23-2006, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by douspray
i take the nut off the shock rod, the one that holds the strut together off with the wheels on the ground then jack it up slowly. works like a charm every time. i do it the same way at work using the lift to pick the car up.
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