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any one know where i can get a cheap set of strut spring compressors without ordering online as in does pep boys ,autozone,or anyone of the big name stores carry them
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any chain store should have them.
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Where do you live? I have a set, and could let you borrow them if you're close. I drove all over PA and could even get them down to DC.
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i also have a set, location??
99 SE V6\5spd - 156 HP\157 TQ 15.166-90.84
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99 SVT # 1571 - 175 HP\153 TQ 14.999-91.88
Born 3/24/99 Reborn 3/18/06
Pietenpol Racing Technologies project vehicle
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I had a pair of cheapo ones from Harbor Freight that a friend gave me. They suck, got seized up in the middle of a spring compress.
Now I'm using the ones from Sears, much better and even a safer design IMO.
I say don't go cheap. Springs have alot of compressed energy and you do not want anything going wrong.
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Autozone, advanced, murrays...many of these kinds of auto part chain stores rent out the spring compressors for free. Walk in, tell them you want to rent it...pay like ~$50, use compressor, when done return them to the store and get your $50 back...it's great isn't it?
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$15 to buy them or a $20-30 deposit to "loan" them out.
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we didn't need one when doing my spring/strut combo.
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Originally posted by amarv12:
Autozone, advanced, murrays...many of these kinds of auto part chain stores rent out the spring compressors for free. Walk in, tell them you want to rent it...pay like ~$50, use compressor, when done return them to the store and get your $50 back...it's great isn't it?
Bingo! As cheap as they are, I don't do suspension swaps that often so owning spring compressors isn't important to me. I just rented them from Auto Zone and returned them the next day.
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thanks guys saved me $50 went to autozone and rented them.
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