The front trunk springs are not that hard to remove if you have strong hands.  A two hand grip and lean back quickly worked for me.  The problem is painting them.  They need to be stretched.  I used my 15,000 RPM 90 degree angle grinder with a wire wheel and it took off the paint with ease.  Some mild hand sanding at the ends was needed and a bit more when they were stretched as seen below.

I used the posts on my deck to hold two tie-down straps and ratchet them tight to stretch the springs for some hand sanding in between the coils and for painting them.  Wire shirt hangers serves as the "loops" to hold the ends on the left and right.  This let the gloss-black acrylic paint get in and around the coils and they came out fantastic!