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Old May 12, 2013 | 01:16 AM
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I have a lift kit sitting in my garage. I want to put it on monday. I cant find a buddy with a strut/coil compressor for the life of me. I went to napa. $120!!! Any way to get the coils off safely without this?? Any help soon will be great before I have to postpone installing the lift. Thanks.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 01:18 AM
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u can rent them from autozone/oreillys. I have lifted 3 jeeps with no compressor. Just need a buddy and a pry bar.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 01:24 AM
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Yeah. I live in Wyoming. There are no rental places within 100 miles of me. I've never done coils before. Can I do it without the compressor?? Its. my dd. Im off monday and tuesday but need that sucker to get to work weds or Im screwed...
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Old May 12, 2013 | 01:24 AM
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HF sells them dirt cheap
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Old May 12, 2013 | 01:25 AM
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I didn't use one either. Just use the jack to keep pressure on them until you get everything loose. Let the jack down and they just kind fall out. Putting them back in is the hard part but I managed to do it alone with a pry bar and that was with 4" lift coils.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by XJriot
HF sells them dirt cheap
Yeah I found some on ebay for $23 but I would like to put it on monday.. It's killing me looking at the lift in the garage. If not monday it could be 2 weeks before my next day off.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 01:27 AM
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Cool thanks guys.. But I hope I dont wind up screwed with one coil out trying to jam it back in..
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Old May 12, 2013 | 07:11 AM
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Cool thanks guys.. But I hope I dont wind up screwed with one coil out trying to jam it back in..
you could unbolt the track bar, and lower control arms. that will drop the axle enough.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 07:31 AM
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I didn't even have to unbolt the lower control arms.

Trac bar, shocks, sway bar.

Lift one side with a jack to get the other side to droop more, the spring will literally fall out if the retainer is unbolted. Then just do the same to the other side.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 08:46 AM
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Yea out is easy, in is the part that you may need a helper, but its done pretty easily. Fastest part of the install process.
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