spring compressor.

[LightningGSX]

I've hand the gay clamp type ones break twice in the past.Luckily both times they broke just as I started compressing the spring.Also, on alot of import applications, the coils are wound tighter, making the clamping type tools a pain in the ass, if they even work at all.The spring will bind up the clamp before you even get the coil compressed enough to get it off the strut, had this problem a week or two ago with an EVO8 coil.

The hydraulic types are much safer, and if you plan on using it often, the only way to go.If you do use the clamp type, DO NOT use air tools, I believe thats why I've had problems with breaking them in the past