ZV 5.4L

Who did you use to compress your springs, my compressor is not strong enough, and the shop i took them to said his is not strong enough either, what the hell

05 super

can't help ya. the spacer i got just goes on top of the strut. nothing in my instructions about a spring compressor.

Tide

Yeah, i've never seen anything about compressing the spring. Did yours come with instructions ?

05 super

there are some kits that you do need to compress the spring. i guess he bought one of those. i think the ones made of poly are this type.

FX4-01

Check out some of these.
http://www.bizrate.com/automotiverep...ompressor.html

ZV 5.4L

Yea it came from summit, and is an aluminum shim, goes between the spring and the perch so you have to use a spring compressor.

I have a mcphrison spring comprssor and it isnt stronge enough. Its designed for cars, truck springs are way more heavy duty.

I went to 3 shops and they all claimed that there heavy duty bench mount compressors aren't stronge enough. I think they just didnt want to do it. I asked them if they refuse to work on all late model ford trucks, because you have to compress the spring to replace the struts.

So i bought another mcphrison type compressor and with two I managed to get it done. Supposed to be a 2" lift, looks more like 3, however it may settle.