Spring comperssor or not?????

Has any one did their own work on springs. My question out there is do you really need a spring comperssor do a do-it-yourself job on taking old springs and putting new springs on???????? Any help would be great thanks

What I did is used two jacks to let the spring down slowly. One to support the car and one to let the spring down. After jacking up the car put another jack under your A arm. Loosen every thing necessary to let
the A arm swing all the way down. Then undo your shock and let the jack down slowly. Oh and you should probably use jack stands. Be safe

ask around, and see who you know that might have one. more people have spring comps than you may think. or even go to a shop and have them compress them on for like 20 bucks. then put them back on, already compressed, yourself. sofast's jack thing works, but it is a pain in the ass (i think he would agree).

I agree. It can be a pain if you have to wrench everything by hand. I have air tools so it makes everything easier. Hey try autozone. They rent tools for situations like this.

Happy new years all

Thanks i do have jacks two in fact i have air tools and wrenches. So maybe this project won't be all that hard. But now iam thinking what about after it is all done. Would i have to go somewhere to get an alingment? OR is there some thing Like an chamber Kit where i can Do-it-yourself thing. (I like it this way) Also would any chamber kit work and are they easy to understand thanks

How low are you going? If you plan on going low I would get a camber kit. I droped my 88 last month and it put a good wear on my tires. Since then I have put a camber kit on. Yes they are easy to understand and are vehicle specific. I cambered mine with a tape measure. I probably should have had it done by a shop but I dont like anyone touching my ride. I also like to do my own work. If you need any help you can email me bro

Iam the same way i like to do things myself. But iam only going to get spring (for right now) I know spring are bad on stock shocks but in time i will change. So i think iam look about 1.7 to 1 in drop about all around.

Yea they are hard on stock shocks. I still have mine on 2. Im waiting to throw my new ones on after winter passes . Actualy I have a garage full of accessories to put on after winter. Snow sucks bro.

Thanks for the help going to do it. Just have to find the Spring iam going with ebachi Pro kit. Anyone disagree??? Might go to les shwab for the alingment unless i find a chamber kit cheap on ebay or something THanks for the help