I'm installing the OME 2.5" (aka 3") this weekend. Do I need a strut compressor?
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OME Install Question
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pretty sure you will on the front but the back you can just lower the rearend and spring will fall out. there is some unbolting of sway bar and trac bars to do this way.
Yup. I went and put the heavy springs front and rear. For the front, I used a good quality spring compressor and it just barely fit on the stock springs. It didn't fit at all on the OME heavies. I ended up making a jig in the shop at work and used the hydraulic press. The rear was a snap to do.
The answer is yes and the autozone special isnt going to work. It requires a nice set or they wont fit the ome springs.
You will for the front
I just installed mine this last weekend and we spent more trime messing around trying to compress the fronts than it was worth. Just take off the existing and run into town and have a tire shop compress the coils over the shocks for you. It cost me $45 and it was well worth the time.
I just installed mine this last weekend and we spent more trime messing around trying to compress the fronts than it was worth. Just take off the existing and run into town and have a tire shop compress the coils over the shocks for you. It cost me $45 and it was well worth the time.
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Ok thanks. I've installed Eibach springs on a few cars in the past , so I figured....