Coilover compression tool

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

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

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

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'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!

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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