Ok, today I got my Tanabe Sustec GF 210s. I wanna install em but i dont have a spring compressor. Is this absolutely needed for the springs or what? Any write ups?

you dont need spring compressors for aftermarket springs. You only need them if you are putting the stock springs back on. You can unbolt the perch from the struts without using a spring compressor to remove the stock springs, you just have to be VERY carefull because it will uncoil and send the perch flying a few yards.

which was is it gonna go flying? when does it uncoil?



i havent installed springs in my life!

once you take off the spring/strut combo off the car, you will have to unbolt the top part. this is when it goes flying.. so what i usually do because i dont have a compressor either is just step on the spring with one foot and very carefully undo the top part that holds the spring onto the strut. outside. its safer. Sometimes they wont really fly. But sometimes they will. good luck

go to pepboys or autozone and rent one...it will make your life ALOT easier and you wont risking losing your face.

even better then renting a spring compressor- go to a spring

shop and have then compress and band your springs for you.



if you have access to a torch or even a sawsall you can then

cut your original springs right in the car then when you unbolt

it the cut spring will just fall out. Install your banded springs,

then when everything is bolted together cut the bands and

the job is done.



People have been seriously hurt by springs, dont **** around

lol we put a 58 caddy spring back in, it took 3 people and we all thought we were gonna die. the 1 spring lifted the entire car off the lift, it was not cool! the caddy (a lot of old cars like my tr3) need inside compressors which nobody has

or just buy one for 20-30bux

its real easy to do suspensions are....

obviously you've never seen somebody's teeth knocked out due to carelessness when changing springs, no one said it was hard, just be safe while performing...

inside compressors? like the spring compressor goes through the middle of the spring rather than the outside? that's the piece of crap that pep boys loaned me. I ended up buying my own, the kind I needed.

damn sounds really dangerous how do i unbolt it without the spring coming to my face? can i point it at somewthing while using something to unbolt the top part?

Since you don't do this regularly, I would highly recommend taking a trip to the store, and either renting spring compressors (IT'S FREE!!!!), or buying your own (~$20-$30). It's better than harming yourself or someone/something else.

Heres another option without a spring compressor. BEFORE you jack up the car, remove the center nut on the shocks. Then jack it up, and watch as your springs are megically decompressed dompletely. Unbolt the struts, take the spring off the strut, put new spring on, and start to lower the car, making sure the strut lines up with the strut top so you dont **** anything up.

^YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

now THATS a good idea https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683894.gif https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/spam.gif

hahaa ok i got it done yesterday.



No spring compressors.



we did it the ghetto way with 10 hose clamps...hahaha



money saved.

Two quick questions....



Where did you buy your tanabe's? How much?



How do you like em? What kinda lowering did you notice?



Thanks

Tanabes were 169 in optauto.com, 180with ship.



i luv em. theyre progressive springs. it lowered about 1.25"-1.25"



click on the link in my sig to look at the differences.