It's not easier or faster, but it might be cheaper to use the car's weight to compress the spring. I scribe the lower strut mount and remove as an assembly, but then again I have the "Strut Tamer" at work. Anytime I work on the front end, I take it in to get the alignment checked and adjusted, and sometimes they have to move it. Regardless, I've used the lifetime waranty on the alignment that I purchased from firestone for $120 five years ago a time or six. It's also nice that they qoute me for work that they will never do.
