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Old May 21, 2011 | 05:55 PM
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replacing springs

now if you are just replacing the stock springs or installing them on new struts do you have to compress them to put them on or is that just for lowering springs?
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Old May 21, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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yes. all springs need to be compressed, or bad things happen.
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Old May 21, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by samsumthing
yes. all springs need to be compressed, or bad things happen.
very bad things happen
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Old May 21, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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Yup they need to be compressed. Its really easy though
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