Torsion bar trouble

How is the best way to remove the torsion bars,I got a set of Dougs headers for my 63 Valiant with a v\8 and it says to remove the driver side torsion bar and i was wanting to know the easiest way to do that,Without paying a 100 dollars for a tool on ebay,The last time i took some out i used vise grips but it kinda scared them a little don't want that to happen again,Thanks for any help.