My son's 2003 Honda Element needs new struts. I've never done this. Based on some reading, it seems that renting a spring tool can be done but may not be advisable - tales of lost fingers, etc if you do something wrong.
Given my novice status, is it smarter to just buy the whole strut/spring assembly? Or is that chewing into the savings so much that I might as well pay Firestone to do the job?
Given my novice status, is it smarter to just buy the whole strut/spring assembly? Or is that chewing into the savings so much that I might as well pay Firestone to do the job?