A spring compressor is among the most infamous tools available to home auto mechanics. Its job and operation are straightforward: It just squeezes a spring so that you can remove or install it from a ...

Any guy who's had to change the coil springs in his vehicle knows the potential hazards involved in doing this job. What can make the task even more hazardous is when there's no weight on the vehicle.

Take a steel rod, wrap it into a spiral shape, throw some engineered heat-treating in the mix, and you've got yourself a coil spring. That spring can be used as part of your suspension to support the ...

5lb increments allow you to get your shock feeling exactly right; no tools or spring swaps needed for adjustment; comparable in weight to a standard coil Cons: Lab readings show that the spring rates ...