1998xjspt
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- Orlando, FL
Does anyone use anything other than a spring compressor when installing lifts?
Have you tried that with anything over a 3.5" lift coil?
I managed to get my 3.5" coils in there like that, and the heavy application of prybars and such, PITA to say the least, bought a spring compressor after that.
my 4.5" coils would never have gone in without one. and that was with all control arms loose, shocks disco's and the whole front end drooped (and there is little left stock on my front end so it drooped alot.
Have you tried that with anything over a 3.5" lift coil?
I managed to get my 3.5" coils in there like that, and the heavy application of prybars and such, PITA to say the least, bought a spring compressor after that.
my 4.5" coils would never have gone in without one. and that was with all control arms loose, shocks disco's and the whole front end drooped (and there is little left stock on my front end so it drooped alot.
I have used the droop method many times. Sometimes it helps to take a stock jack and put it upside down with the base on the frame rail and the other end on the axle. You can then crank the axle down as long as the shocks and sway are disco'd.