Hello I am currently trying to change out my front passenger strut and I have the bolts off and th upper control arm bolts off but the strut expanded and is now stuck the rest of the car went smoothly but no matter what I try I can't compress the strut to take it off the car any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

 

Did you take the 4 bolt in the center off the top??? If you did you will need to compress the spring will its in the car.

 

Ideally you want to pull it out by pulling the connection at the hub and the 2 bolts in the engine bay.
Unload, Push it out, then use the spring compressors

 

Ok I will try and I didn't take the top hat bolt off and thank u for the help

 

Did you raise the whole front of the car, or just 1 side? If you just raise 1 side, then it may be the sway bar that is pulling up on the lower control arm. If so, raise the other side.

 

Thank you guys for all the help I ended up just cuttin the spring on the car

 

brute force always works too.