Loaner Tool? Would like to borrow an

M-technik-3 · 01-01-2021, 01:07 PM

e9X strut spreader from some one local. I'm in Western Mass..Westfield to be exact. Just need it for a weekend to get my fronts done and then I'll return. For the use a good IPA or ? Just can't justify buying one for what might be a one time use.

Thanks Greg

Torgus · 01-03-2021, 09:31 AM

you mean a spring compressor?

M-technik-3 · 01-03-2021, 03:39 PM

I have two sets of those,

This is what I was talking about. says you need one they cheap just did not want to buy something I'm not going to use most likely again.

Torgus · 01-03-2021, 04:11 PM

What a silly tool...

skip to 4:25

I used the same. Just a couple of taps and it opened up for me last time I did them on an e9x.

david in germany · 01-03-2021, 04:43 PM

Never needed a special tool, at most, a regular screw driver or small ply bar.

M-technik-3 · 01-03-2021, 04:56 PM

Ok I haven't even looked around in there but happened to see that tool at three sites that sell struts so was thinking it was needed.

zero2sixtyZ · 01-06-2021, 09:40 PM

Not needed. Like they said above, pry or screw driver + hammer.

M-technik-3 · 01-07-2021, 10:09 AM

Already completed work. Need to get an alignment tomorrow on car.

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M-technik-3 Lieutenant Colonel 2419 Rep 1,621 Posts Drives: E30 M3, E36 M3, 328iT, 335i Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: western Ma iTrader: (0) Garage List 1995 M3 [9.00] 2007 E91 [7.25] 1988 M3 [9.50]	Loaner Tool? Would like to borrow an e9X strut spreader from some one local. I'm in Western Mass..Westfield to be exact. Just need it for a weekend to get my fronts done and then I'll return. For the use a good IPA or ? Just can't justify buying one for what might be a one time use. Thanks Greg
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01-03-2021, 03:39 PM	#3
M-technik-3 Lieutenant Colonel 2419 Rep 1,621 Posts Drives: E30 M3, E36 M3, 328iT, 335i Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: western Ma iTrader: (0) Garage List 1995 M3 [9.00] 2007 E91 [7.25] 1988 M3 [9.50]	I have two sets of those, This is what I was talking about. says you need one they cheap just did not want to buy something I'm not going to use most likely again.
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Torgus Slow. 3796 Rep 7,160 Posts Drives: N54 6466 100% E85 + Meth Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (2) Garage List 2007 BMW E92 [10.00] 2007 BMW E90 [0.00] 2006 BMW E91 [0.00]	What a silly tool... skip to 4:25 I used the same. Just a couple of taps and it opened up for me last time I did them on an e9x. __________________ E92 6466 E85 + Meth/ E70 #1 fully deleted 2.8 race flash / E70 #2 JBD / E90 & E91 both tuned & retired Psalm 144
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david in germany Lieutenant Colonel 732 Rep 1,819 Posts Drives: 118i, 335i and 328i Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Mannheim Germany iTrader: (2)	Never needed a special tool, at most, a regular screw driver or small ply bar. __________________ 2009 118i Monaco Blue "Maximillion" 2009 335i Saphire Black M Sport "Leopold" Cobb stage 2 aggressive tune, Mishimoto FMIC, Cobb charge pipe, Cobb catted down pipes, Forge diverter valves, BMS inlets and DCI, Cyba scoops and M Individual Audio retrofit and M3 gauge cluster retrofit. 2011 328i Titan Silver M Sport "Franzel" <--Wife's car
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M-technik-3 Lieutenant Colonel 2419 Rep 1,621 Posts Drives: E30 M3, E36 M3, 328iT, 335i Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: western Ma iTrader: (0) Garage List 1995 M3 [9.00] 2007 E91 [7.25] 1988 M3 [9.50]	Ok I haven't even looked around in there but happened to see that tool at three sites that sell struts so was thinking it was needed.
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zero2sixtyZ Colonel 1031 Rep 2,719 Posts Drives: e92 + f15 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cambridge, MA iTrader: (4) Garage List 2007 335i Coupe [9.62] 2015 X5 xdrive50i [10.00]	Not needed. Like they said above, pry or screw driver + hammer.
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