Customer Reviews:
 great every way July 4, 2008
GreenJeans (Castle Valley, UT)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this after reading reviews and I bit. Now it's hook, line and sinker. I used this in a broken strut mount situation and it saved my bacon. It's not American made, but it didn't cost me the retirement of a union laborer!!
 Does what its suppose to do June 10, 2008
W. LUK (New Jersey)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Good quality, storage case is a plus. Tool does it's job. Just make sure you grease up the threads before using. A few shots of WD40 did the trick for me. Pair functions fine, no slipping on the spring encountered during compression if you use the pair on opposite sides of the spring. Hold down pins won't work if your springs are too thick. Not a problem because they retract out of the way.
 Definitely the right tool but... May 21, 2007
r_rider
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This kit includes two tools. It is possible to properly compress the spring with two tools but it is much easier with THREE tools (1.5 kits). With two, at for example the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock positions, one of the tools will always try to slip off to the 4 or 8 o'clock position. With three tools, it is very easily to compress the spring without the tool slipping.
 Nut close to spring, hard to insert September 25, 2009
Richard Collette (Connecticut USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I used these on the front end struts for my 96 Firebird. First, the hooks are so tall that I had to jam them in between the coils, severely scraping the newly painted springs. Second, there isn't much distance between the nut and the spring. I had to alternate back and forth very frequently to prevent the spring from leaning into the socket being used to tighten the compressor, which would then prevent the socket from being able to be removed. In the end I probably used these about 10 times and got better at it over time, so they do work comparatively well for the price.
Edit:
Downgraded my review from 3 to 2 stars. Lent these out to a friend and one of the shafts bent. To be fair, I am a bit surprised because I was using these with no problem on my Firebird struts. The person who bent them was working on a truck spring, which may have been too much for these.
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