Last week Clayton and I put some Mazdaspeed springs on his new Miata one day after work. A few things came of it:
1. Working on clean new cars is way better than working on old dirty cars.
2. Spring compressors are a huge pain.
3. My impact wrench is pathetic.
Items 2 and 3 kind of go hand-in-hand. Using the impact wrench is definitely the fastest and easiest method of closing up the spring compressors, but mine is so incredibly weak and inefficient that it took forever, and my decent-sized tank was emptying pretty quickly. It's the one that came with my compressor, so I suppose I should expect this weakness, but it's still lame.
That said, I'm not looking for a new one. I think a few good price/performance models are the Husky Composite, Ingersoll-Rand Super Duty, and Craftsman Professional.
But back to the Miata, overall the install went fairly well, and I got a set of wheel sockets for my trouble. The car sits low enough that it's pretty close to "just right," and to my surprise, it seems to actually ride better as well. Win-win!
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