OEMTOOLS 25553 Coil Spring Compressor, Safe and Efficient MacPherson Strut Spring Compressor, Strut and Coil Spring Maintenance

Used these to swap in some Eibach lowering springs on my Mazda. We lined them up by hand and then one person held the set while the other person ran the impact. Alternating sides we were easily able to compress and remove, then install the new springs. These were cheap, to my door quickly, and we got the job done without any excitement or stress. I would not be scared if I had to use them again. That's about the best you can expect from these cheap sets, so I am giving it a perfect score.

I was able to lower my 2000 camaro using this coil compressors, they work great and look to be made out of good qualitity material.

I have an '02 Trailblazer and it has 300K on it with the stock coils. Right! Time to replace. So bought Mook 81114 coils and Bilstein 4600s... also using a MAXX Spacer, 1.5" and new Moog insulators. I used a pneumatic drill and I placed the 'hooks one above the bottom loop and one below the top loop of the coil. The 'hook' has some 'locks' but my coils (or these 81114s) were a bit too thick to allow the lock to plunge all the way so I went with them down as far as possible. I compresed one side at a time (of course) about 1" and then the other, so forth. It took some time but finally got the 'Shocks in with the MAXX spacer and new insulators" and put the bolt onto the shock, tightened it down (use an allen to stop the rod from spinning) and it went okay. I noticed the threaded compressor rods flexed ever so slightly but it wasn't a major concern. I undid the compression the same way, little at a time both sides. HOWEVER when done I noted the bottom hooks would 'tap' out (I used a rubber mallet) but the tops would not. The Coils were compressed and did not leave enough space at the top portion to remove the hooks. I had to tap them around and down the circle of coils to the bottom where they would come out... so be aware that the geometry changes once you have the shock in and you might have to do that as well. Very good product and easy to use...

Work perfectly for mustangs 2005-2014. The safety pins had plenty of room to be engaged. Worked on stock springs and lowering springs just fine.

I am extremely satisfied with this product! I've used it more than two dozen times already and each time, it has held strong; the retaining pins did not budge or slip. However, it might not work on thicker coil springs. For my Ford Bronco, I had to take a small snippet off the end of each of the retaining pins so that they would fit; once I press the pins in, I would then turn the pins 180 degrees to lock the springs in (DISCLAIMER: do NOT try modifying spring compressors on your own if you have no prior experience working with them before. This is an excellent tool, but it can also VERY dangerous if used improperly)

Compressing springs to assemble struts is dangerous..you better start with the most robust spring compressors you can find..there may be stronger,more expensive ones but for the money these things are robust yet affordable. I never felt unsafe using them. you can flip around the retaining springs if they wont slide over the coils of your springs. the max safe opening is 10.5". I had best results grabbing the lowest coil on the spring because the upper coils get more compressed once assembled. one downside is I needed to completely removes the bolt to slip the "head" out the the spring. The heads might get stuck between the coils. I used a soft mallet to hit them so they spiraled down the spring. the gaps between the coil springs where slightly wider toward the bottom making the heads easier to remove. the bolt size is 19mm. I used a cordless impact wrench. this method is safe as long as you only make a few turns before switching to the other one. I also kept measuring the exposed thread below the bottom head. if one measurement was less then the other,i'd give that one a few turns to get it equal to the other sides measurements.. doing this kept the spring perfectly straight as it was being compressed. if you see the spring start curving one way,loosen to straighten,don't tighten. because the problem you run into is instead of a 50/50 split between each compressor you now might have a 70/30 split greatly increasing the chance of the bolt bending or breaking which could turn deadly. long story short I used these on some 450lb/inch spring rated coils compressing them nearly 6" (1300lb each) with no damage. if used on weaker,shorter car springs you have nothing to worry about. But if used on thicker,heavier longer springs consider buying 2 sets just to be safe

I sucessfully swapped out the front struts on a 05 Honda Pilot using two sets of these spring compressors. I originally bought only one set off of Amazon, but quickly found out that a second set was needed to compress these larger size SUV springs. So I went down to Autozone and rented a second set. Be aware the safety pins do not fit over these large SUV springs. The large diameter shield at the bottom of the Pilot OEM strut also prevents you from getting an impact or socket on the adjustment nut, so I spent about an hour manually cranking down the compressors for each spring. Also, remember to keep the threads lubricated or you will get some binding. In the end, I never observed any bowing of the spring compressors and they allowed me to complete the job in a safe but time consuming manner. P.S. In hindsight, I should have paid Tire Discounters the $90 they wanted to swap out both struts. I would have still had to install the finished strut assemblies, but wouldn't have had to deal with the lost hours cranking on these compressors.

Replaced structs on 2016 Z71 1500- Little difficult to get positioned right - but was able to compress spring with out issue. Minimal bending/flex on the screw - nothing like you see w/ the Chinese sets on on youtube. If your going to take on this project - spend a few extra buck and buy a decent set like the oemtools..

Muy bien para autos pequeños y medianos. Lo usaba en mi taller y sin problemas. Excelente precio

Excelente Calidad

para el precio es un exelente producto, está echo de buenos materiales y al momento de comprimir los resortes tiene buen agarre y no se tiene que usar tanta fuerza como otros qué eh usado (usándolo manualmente con matraca) se los recomiendo llega rápido

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Feels sturdy, which is something you definitely want when it comes to compressing springs. Locking pins also there for extra safety. There are no explicit warnings to not use an impact wrench on this particular compressor, but do you really want to take that chance? Just use ratcheting wrenches. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.