I'm swapping in stock suspension and removing coilovers. I know taking out the stock suspension, you either need a spring compressor or a fat dude.

My question is putting the stock back on do I need to use compressor/fat dude or will it open wide enough to just slip them in.

Thanks

 

you only need a spring commpressor to put the spring on the strut, once the spring is on the strut with the tophat on it will fit in the car

 

yep, you'll need it.

 

Only the back ones were a problem for me, it's hard to get them lined up and back in the shock tower, I used a spring compressor to compress the spring a bit, I also had to drop my sway bars to have enough play to get them in, you just gotta mess with it, took me about 20 mins a side to get the stockers back in