Reply to "Adjusting Ride Height - Shocks/Spring Tension"

I just found out that there is an auto service center in town with a Blakman Model 530 strut spring compression tool. This tool has narrow blade that will fit between the springs. It is mounted on the wall, is about 2' tall, and has a safety shroud surrounding it, that pulls down like a welders mask. I'm gonna pull the shocks and take them down there to avoid this scary stuff.

I was trying to find an easy way to do this and had the car on jack stands yesterday with the jack raised under the A-arm, trying to jet the strut compressor on, then I was going to lower the jack, and let the weight of the suspension extend the shock absorber, with the spring still compressed, making it easy to adjust the spanner nuts. This didn't work with the AutoZone strut compressor, thus the post, in frustration.

I had the shocks of a couple of weeks ago to do an initial raising of the ride height of the car. That was fine to raise the front to 4.75" from the valance to the ground, and raise the back of the car about 0.75." I was considering all the posts I read regarding alignment, etc, so I wanted to keep the steering geometry, handling the same, just firmer. I also decreased the rebound damping, so the damping would rebound fast, but not bounce, so the car would immediately be ready for the next bump in the road with full shock travel available, being conscious of ride height and ground clearance.

Then, early last week, I read one of Mike Dailey's posts regarding the difference between a GTS. So I went to Mike Dailey's website, and found Michael Murphy's Maroon GTS, loks like at a Las Vegas Fun Run, and immediately made that photo into the wallpaper screensaver for this computer (replacing Mike Dailey's Pantera as my screensaver wallpaper!!! sorry..., but just for now!!!)

So, now my goal is to raise the rear about another 1.0"-1.5" to get that aggressive stance of Michael Murphy's GTS. I love the wedge look, and it's so pronounced on his car. I also raised my exhaust pipes like his, closer to the bumper, more like the Pre-L Panteras, and I'v