Coilover compression tool

[Man-Du]

Does anyone know were I can find a coil over compression tool? and how much$

[radtcma]

I think you can rent one at a local auto parts store. not sure how much though. it's called a coil compressor

[Jonathan]

you have 24 hours at my local kragen, bring it back and they dont charge you anything for it.

[Spenc121886]

I'm not sure how much they are but make sure you get a good one. they can be dangerous you dont' want those things snapping on you.

[Kyle]

I'm not sure how much they are but make sure you get a good one. they can be dangerous you dont' want those things snapping on you.


I agree COMPLETELY!

DO NOT, IN ANY WAY, TRY TO SAVE MONEY BY BUYING CHEAPER COIL COMPRESSORS! Coil compressors are dangerous to begin with, but using a cheaper one is just gambling with injury/death. AVOID HARBOR FREIGHT LIKE THE PLAGUE!

[prerunner guy]

I have a friend who used a cheap one and the thing broke and the spring was under so much load, it shot across the room and put a huge hole in the wall

[Kyle]

yup... me and vuth broke two of them when we were doing spencers coils. they're sketchy. make sure you don't cheap out!

[Man-Du]

How about the set at Craftsman.com I found a set there for about $40ish. Iv'e always had success with there stuff. Plus I might want to have the option of swapping out later and dont want to have to keep going back to the shop.

[Kyle]

I have no experience with the Craftsman coil compressors, although they do make some quality tools. I have since vowed to never touch another coil compressor, but if I were to use another set they would be from Snap-On, just because I KNOW their quality would be top notch.

[dcab03]

Craftsman spring compressor (http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@1505390207.1107140076@ @@@&BV_EngineID=ccjdadddkegkmdecehgcemgdffmdflh.0& vertical=TOOL&pid=00947057000&bidsite=CRAFT) http://www.CustomTacos.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badidea.gif

I personally would not trust that spring compressor. I have only done 1 spacer lift on a Tundra but I used a snap on wall mount compressor and that was a lot of pressure that I would not want to chance with a cheapie compressor. Those compressors are better for car springs that you only have to compress enough to change a strut not compress it 2 inches to add a spacer. I have used one like that numerous times to take stock car springs of to change to lowering springs. What price can you put on safety? http://www.CustomTacos.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif Just my 2 cents.

[Man-Du]

Well I decided to go with a rental compressor from my local autoparts store. Turns out that when I returned the tool they refunded the money SWEET. I have, learned that you need to make sure that know matter which tool you decide to use you have to be able to grab at least 4 of the coils preferable the ones on either side of the painted marks on the coils. This is the absolute minimum preferable to grab 5 coils. I also recommend using a 5" vice to hold the whole thing together.

[TRD4ME]

I have two sets. The first was a cheap one from harbor freight. When it gets under any kind of load it kinda looks bent. I got a second one off the Snap-On truck for $55. I normally use both of them together. I start with the snap on set then add the cheapie set to keep things balanced. I am quite comfortable with it and have used them many times doing Taco stuff. If you look on my web site you can see a number of write-ups with two pairs of spring compressors going.

Pete
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