Hey all, today is the day that i install the lift!!! Question tho... would it be better to use a strut compressor, which fits on the outside of the spring, or a spring compressor, should i get both? They are free after return! Also should I get the impact wrench while i'm there? would it need special sockets?
strut compressor vs. spring compressor
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techno
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Actually, I'm not at home, I'm at the fire station where I volunteer if you must know. Snippy comments like that will get you nowhere since no-one is obligated to reply to anything on here.jmrwd3 said:
Get a strut spring compressor if your still undecided since the front set up is a strut. And impact wrench sockets? How the hell would we know what something you have not even got from somewhere we don't even know uses?
Not yet... one side of me told me, "go ahead and put in the lift!!" But the other side told me i should get my tools in order and wait until i am organized, so with much restraint i'm going to wait and put it in over the next few days after work, since the weather is nice i'll be riding my bike!
uluafishing
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Get the spring compressor...
Here's the link to my write up on lifting my '97 Runner.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36854
You won't really need both to do this job.
Also, keep an eye on your cv boots. You may want to replace those while you have the front end apart. I ended up replacing mine today...after the lift, my inner boots tore.
Aloha!
Here's the link to my write up on lifting my '97 Runner.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36854
You won't really need both to do this job.
Also, keep an eye on your cv boots. You may want to replace those while you have the front end apart. I ended up replacing mine today...after the lift, my inner boots tore.
Aloha!