Its brave of you to share that with us, but a timely warning. I have gotten the springs changed on three cars over the last 18 months, and despite being a mechanic myself, when I was a lot younger, I get some else to do it for me now! The original front springs on a DeLorean seem much too long, especially when you have them partially "wrestled down" using spring clamps! Chris P DOC UK -----Original Message----- From: jrc2905@xxxx [mailto:jrc2905@xxxx] Sent: 25 April 2002 15:55 To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [DML] Re: Front coil springs I took the front springs off my self, it is a pain if you do not have the right spring compressor. I know because the spring left go as i was carrying it and my fingers got stuck on the side which still had the compression rod on it. I finally released the tension and was amazed how compressed a finger can get. Y