['02SilverBullet]

I done my springs last summer and I didnt ned a spring compressor at all. If you set the car up high enough for the A arm to drop all the way getting the spring out is as simple as getting a big screwdriver under it. Mine came out with very little effort.
As far as CC plates go... I thought I would not (or may not) need em cuz I was only doing the Eibach Pro Kit springs.... not much of a drop. But in the end I took it to get it alighned and the shop couldnt do it. I had to go order the CC plates and put them on THEN go back for my front end.