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Originally Posted by MrSandman
About a year ago I had steeda sport springs installed... and kept the stock shocks. Very noticeable improvement in handling (and about a 1 inch drop). My car has a negative camber, and wears the inside of the front tires a little more than before. I rotate my tires every 10,000 miles and haven't any significant wear problems.. although I do think I will have to change them out sooner because of this.
A few months ago I installed non-adjustable Tokico HP shocks in the rear only... I plan on doing the fronts when I get the time.. but I have had no ill effects so far with this set-up so far. In fact, this is the best handling car I have ever owned do to these changes.
I do not plan on adding CC plates to the mix.
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Originally Posted by drfister
The more you drop it, the more stress other components will take, thus shortening their lifespan and making you replace them sooner. I dropped mine with the pro-kit and d-specs. While arguably not the greatest set-up, it more then does the trick for my daily driver. I spent around $1000 for the springs, shocks/struts, install and allignment. I bought camber bolts but did not land up needing them, and I did not get a panhard bar. While the panhard bar is generally a good idea, you will only notice your axle-shift with fatter tires; but since you are on 245's that shouldnt be too big an issue. I would reccomend shocks/ struts because ride you are on 35 profile tires. With just the spirngs it will probably be a bit stiff. Caster/camber plates and relocation brackets you can probably get away with if you go for a more mild drop but they tent to be almost necessary with a more agressive drop which I got the idea you were aiming for, OP.
Check out this thread (if you havent already) before you purchase any thing. You will probably learn a thing or two.
http://www.mustangforums.com/forum/s...tang-gt-2.html
Also, keep an eye out for two members 'legion' and 'sam strano'; they both are a fountain of information with regards to suspension modifications. |
I'm checking that thread now, thanks!
Originally, I thought I should just go for the biggest drop possible (h&r supersports) but with all the problems you guys are saying it could cause I would go for some pro-kit springs if it meant I wouldn't have to buy CC plates and that my overall performance would be better. Do you think that my wheel gap would disappear with the pro-kits or would that be too meager to really make the difference?
Here's a picture from eye level of what it looks like now so you can get an idea.
