Maqybe not with stock springs, but I'd be scared ****less if I had a 300lb/in race spring compressed a foot. Thats 3600 pounds jumping up at you. eek!

 

dont worry when ever i do something i attempt to do it right and not ghetto fabolously...safty is a priority! and besides if the spring didnt kill me my wife would for not taking precautions! suicide

 

Hey all, I didn't mean to sound like you couldn't do it. I just was giving you a heads up. I certainly don't know of anyone getting killed doing it but I do have a friend who broke two fingers when a spring popped loose

 

u do know autozone rents them for free correct?

 

it just so happens that i lowered the wifes elantra this weekend she finaly let me
and had a slight mishap
i have used spring compressers many many times
with never an issue never had one pop off
but this weekend after getting the stock
spring compressed and off the strut i went
to loosen the spring comp. and the top nut
sheared the roll pin and the top nut came
off it was a good thing i was going back and forth between the two cause it was after the first one was removed and nothing really jumped
but the the nut flew at the garage door and left
a nice dent (at least was not the car)

Ps:last time they were used before last weekend
helped a buddy put a lift kit on his F150
and the rear springs were monsterious and they had no problems compressing them other than
weakining the roll pin as i found out the hard way

Before i use them again i am going to break out the welder make sure it does not come off again

i got these about six years ago for 30 bucks
at local auto part store


[ April 09, 2003, 10:19 PM: Message edited by: XtremePc ]

 

viper...nobody in the stroudsburg area rents them....atleast thats what my neighbor downstairs said....i guess i will have to look into it myself! suicide

 

that photo that XtremePC posted. That's JUST like the set that I use (thanks to Jaws021...they are really his!)

 

Here's mine in use:

 

thanks for the pics....i'm just waiting for the springs and shocks to arrive on my doorstep!!!