Vin6409 engine rebuild

[cis6409]

With some fantastic trojan help from Thomas we got some great movement forward, she s now back on her 4 wheels instead of the dollies. Helps an awful lot moving the chassis around and in and out of the garage.

We fitted the original shocks just to have it completed a bit more but will be changing these next for new ones. A couple of them are a bit past it to say the least lol.
Onwards and upwards hopefully

[Admin-bloke]

That's looking superb

[Domi]

Really nice job

[cis6409]

Thanks guys, hopefully can make some more good progress now with a few more parts to get

[cis6409]

Does anyone know what the best options for spring compressors for installing lowering springs. Front and rear.
I can get my hands on the 'normal' spring compressors like these :

[cis6409]

But is there better, safer options everyone uses?
I assume the hard part is getting them evenly spaced with the strut tower on the frame being in the way alot especially on the fronts ?
Many thanks
Shane

[Derfel]

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I tried those spring compressors and found them to be a bit dodgy to say the least. I ended up investing in the following from ebay which made the job a lot safer and they are not that expensive. ( I removed the plastic sleeves to make sure that the spring was properly seated in place before starting the compression)

[cis6409]

Excellent, thanks I will have a look out for them ones