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Old 01-10-2012, 02:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Always! Its a must! Unless you wanna get hit hard in the face!

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Always! Its a must! Unless you wanna get hit hard in the face!

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LOL :P

Very True...

also make sure you have long ones...

otherwise it can be tricky (found this out the hard way)
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If you buy "quick struts" you don't need a spring compressor.
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Wouldn't want all that potential energy to change into kinetic energy when dumping those, esp when people take it off your hands.


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Wouldn't want all that potential energy to change into kinetic energy when dumping those, esp when people take it off your hands.
That's pretty much impossible without putting it in a crusher or driving over it. Even then...
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