This is just for future reference and general knowledge but it isn't that hard to do the install just get the chilton manual. However, I did mine without a spring compressor. There is a write up somewhere were you flip the spring and strut upside down and put a wrench on top of the strut to keep it from turning and then place a socket over the nut and while you turning the strut just press down hard and it won't come flying off but you will fell it jump a little.