Suspension Kudos To Those...

Easiest way is to leave the strut and tie rod attached, and remove the A-arm bolts, then lower it down with the jack. Then raise the new one up the same way, nice and straight. The hardest part is getting the A-arm bolt holes to line back up so the bolts can be reinstalled.

maybe its just me but i always pull the arm down line up the spring in the perch with a long pry bar and then push up. once it pops in i jack the arm up and rebolt the shock. ive done hundreds this way and never had an issue.

I just did my front A Arms and front lowering springs (Eibach Pro Kit), a couple weekends ago. After trying a bunch of different ways, the way that worked for me was this:
1.) drop A arm by removing ball joint castle nut (in my case I replaced each arm)
2.) Compress spring as much as possible with spring compressor
(watch which part of the coil you put the spring compressor on, meaning.. try to leave 2 coils above the tool ,if you compress it too much you will have a fun time getting the compressor tool out, I learned the hard way)
3.) wrap the s**t out of the spring with aluminum/steel bailing wire
I did 4-5 separate wraps on one spring, each with 10(ish) loops
4.) put compressed spring into the correct position and use a jack to jack the A arm into place
5.) put ball joint assem back together to torque specs
6.) cut bailing wire and remove it
7.) now put everything back together, dust shield, rotor, brakes, etc etc

That's what worked for me, everyone has their preference.
I was told this method by someone else on the forum. It worked.

HuskerNation said:

Kudos to those who have done front lowering springs, and said it was easy! LOL It was... by far not easy for me. I put on some Eibach lowering springs, on just the front, and putting them back in was not so easy. Ok, putting them in was easy, but getting them to align perfectly in the perch, was not. It was actually impossible lol. The bottom coil didn't sit in the perch where it was suppose to, and I couldn't turn the coil at all. I had to also install with no isolators, which isn't a problem, as I have not heard any noise, and don't think I will.

Is there a trick to get these to go in right? Compressors, there just isn't enough room for them, and I tried a toe strap... no luck. I know, stupid, but I was willing to try anything. The outcome though... I still love it lol.

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Long term, I think not having the Isolators in there will begin to wear-in and produce noise. (Metal to Metal) There is a reason Ford Installed them as OEM. IMO, I would rather have them in on a daily driver.

I'll be going thru this same headache soon....

BTW, it does look nice!

It does look real nice.

I hope mine will look just like yours, assuming we have the same Eibach set, once I get a set of 17s on it and put the rear springs in.

Ah, my spring are black, 1.25/1.5" drop.