how to install rear shocks without a spring compressor??

[mattn]

I've got a set of gr-2's and lowering springs, and I was able to compress the front ones enough to assemble it and put it on... Problem is, I cant get the rear shocks compressed enough to get them together... does anyone have any ideas to get this together? I was thinking of halfway assembling it and then kinda jacking the shock up into the car and seeing if that would work. But that will probably prove pretty difficult.... I need some ideas if anyone has done this before.. Any tips or ideas would be really appreciated!!

Thanks!

 

[DodgeAvenger96]

Goto advanced auto and rent a spring compressor for $40 and then return it to get your $40 back. Saves money and a possible injury from the way your doing it.

 

[wret]

DodgeAvenger96 is right. It's best to use the right tool. You can buy them from Harbor Freight for about $15. I'm a creative guy and I've assembled shocks without a spring compressor but it's not a procedure I would care to repeat and for the time it took me I could have driven to the parts store, rented the spring compressor, assembled the shocks, and returned the thing.