Originally Posted by Captain Hook (Post 554288)

Last time I did one, I did it like Rockp2 described. Put a jack stand under the lower control arm and lower the vehicle. Using a compressor like the one pictured, you start the upper end first, then stick the ram bolt through the shock hole in the lower control arm and loosen it to decompress the spring.

Originally Posted by rockp2 (Post 554289)

I'm not sure what you mean by "trouble getting the control arm back in", but just to clarify my previous statement, I should have said "pivot" not "remove". Pivot the control arm by disconnecting it from the spindle so you can pivot the control arm down. Then after the spring is in place, use a floor jack to push the control arm back on to the spindle and bolt everything up. Then remove the compressor

Actually I didn't even know you could remove/replace the coil springs without disconnecting the control arm from the spindle.

Originally Posted by bluextremeblazer01slammed (Post 554294)

ok yeah thats what im doing. i thought you meant remove the entire arm lol. i have installed coil springs before just never had this much trouble with the compressor. it seems that the bolt that sticks through the entire thing is too long. i guess if i cut the tool or put a million washers on the bottom side it would work.