SPRINGS
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trex
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SORRY Quick question my sport is lowerd 60mm all round
i want to put the original springs back in is this a job i could
do myself if so what do i do
thanks
AL
i want to put the original springs back in is this a job i could
do myself if so what do i do
thanks
AL
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maxfield
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Rears are a piece of cake.
The fronts will need a spring compressor.
The fronts will need a spring compressor.

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trex
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how much would it cost roughly to pay to get it done
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maxfield
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About £25 a corner I guess?

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trex
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a nice one ill just pay so thanks anyway
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town325i
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where abouts are you

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m4xos
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if i had the opposite question and asked i have a 325 sport and have standard springs and want to lower it, then i would still need compressors??!!!! ive done rear ones better always left it to my mates to do them 4 me!!maxfield wrote:Rears are a piece of cake.
The fronts will need a spring compressor.
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maxfield
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Yes, you will still need spring compressor.
Have you ever seen a fully loaded spring slip?

Have you ever seen a fully loaded spring slip?

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town325i
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french spring are the worst ive had one slip out the compressors and tw4t me on the shin i did jump about and shout lots for an hour

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magpie
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an easy job.wish you were a bit nearer
and i'd show you how it's done and what you need while doing it.
and i'd show you how it's done and what you need while doing it.

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konfuzion
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maxfield wrote:Yes, you will still need spring compressor.
Have you ever seen a fully loaded spring slip?![]()
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Seen one slip out of the compressors and fly across the garage I used to work at and take a chunk out of the brick wall like a sledgehammer (was off the front of a 7.5 ton truck)
Regards,
Ian
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magpie
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i let one fly in my pup yrs off a billy'd up 2.8 capri leg...
savage.and v, dangerous.
savage.and v, dangerous.

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m4xos
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no i havent seen it personally but my dad has told me its very dangerous!! haha, i like the fact of that!!! 
