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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 04:19 AM
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+1 as stated above

and isnt OEM and MOD a oxymoron??
If I add a GT rear bar (OEM) to my V6 is that a mod? 0 + OEM = OEM

If I replace the V6 front bar with a GT bar (OEM) is that a mod? OEM + OEM = MOD

Old Jul 3, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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Anything that didnt come on my Stang when I got it at 7 miles
is a mod in my book. Want some cheese with that whine?[:@]
Old Jul 3, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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Hey, Ill answer ur question.....................I have FRPP lowering springs and nothing else. Really and truly, nothing else is needed unless you want to improve the ride more or plan on road tracking the car. Just go with the springs, get a front end alignment (suggest purchasing camber bolts if the shop doesnt provide) and I promise you will be happy with the results!!! Mine is just at 1.5" in front and probably about 2" in the rear. Ive seen these springs look different on different stangs. Check out the shot of mine and my friends. She and I both have FRPP lowering springs and nothing else.


Old Jul 3, 2007 | 10:51 PM
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Hey, Ill answer ur question.....................I have FRPP lowering springs and nothing else. Really and truly, nothing else is needed unless you want to improve the ride more or plan on road tracking the car.
This is false information.
Old Jul 3, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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I am assuming you are using this for mostly daily driving. for lowering your car only 3/4 " you may not need to change anything. minimum I would just get the camber bolts - if you want more options to adjust camber get the plates or upper mounts. I would next consider an adjustable panhard bar to recenter the rear axle after lowering. usually shifts a bit to one side or the other when lowering.bump steer kit mainly for racing- no need to waste your money here this early. offset bushings for steering- forget you even asked- not needed. ball joints- I would do them if I was replacing the front control arms- but once again not needed. good for reducing weight and for racing .
so to sum it up get an adjustable panhard bar and something to adjust the camber. that is really all that is needed. maybe even not the panhard bar
Old Jul 3, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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For the love of God edit your sig. We don't need to know what friggin floor mats you have.

I have the Rossmustang.com K-member, which adresses roll center as well as a bunch of other issues. I also have K-Mac camber/caster plates. At 3/4 of an inch I wouldn't really consider it an issue.
1.hmmmm - looks like I specificly answered your question.

2. no, we're not moderators - we just dont need to read a 20line sig including what ****ing air freshener you have. Gee - why don't you tell us what your tire pressures are too!
Old Jul 3, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Hey, Ill answer ur question.....................I have FRPP lowering springs and nothing else. Really and truly, nothing else is needed unless you want to improve the ride more or plan on road tracking the car.
This is false information.
How is that false???? Both cars are rolling just find without anything else. Be careful here because it was not stated that you couldnt do more, I said simply that nothing else is really NEEDED and its not so please do elaborate.
Old Jul 3, 2007 | 11:09 PM
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I didn't post the reply but I will give you the answer. You are right - you don't NEED anything else unless........

1. youLIKE driving around with your axle off center
2. you LIKE having negative camber (i do, but that's another issue) and having adverse tire wear
3. you LIKE having an incorrect pinion angle
4. you LIKE the car riding like $hit because you still have factory dampers
5. you LIKE having adverse roll center and anti-squat

Look around and do some reading. This has been covered over and over. He at least did that much. At 3/4 of an inch drop all of those issues will be minimal but still present.
Old Jul 3, 2007 | 11:21 PM
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Excellent elaboration there RodeoFlyer!! Though everything you said is probably technically dead on, not everyone is really that concerned about those things and the alignment will "damm" near elliminate no. 2 (and we all know that will neverbe perfect). One and and three Ill leave that alone! And ours cars have always rode like s**t. So if you want to spend an arm and leg to get it "perfect" then that certainly is an option, HOWEVER, as you confirmed what I said, it is not NEEDED!

Sheeeezzzzzz!!!! Let me come up for air!! DAM-MIT!!! [8D]
Old Jul 3, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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Hey, Ill answer ur question.....................I have FRPP lowering springs and nothing else. Really and truly, nothing else is needed unless you want to improve the ride more or plan on road tracking the car.
This is false information.
How is that false???? Both cars are rolling just find without anything else. Be careful here because it was not stated that you couldnt do more, I said simply that nothing else is really NEEDED and its not so please do elaborate.
TriPod is correct.
In addition to camber bolts you need to take into consideration the pinion angle changes. You really should get either adjustable lower or adjustable upper control arms for the rear so can fix the pinion angle...and adjustable panhard bar to recenter the rear end. Although you can drive the car with out this, in the loooong run it may hurt you driving with out correcting the pinion angle.
CrazyAl can enlighten us more but he's posted about this topic several times before.


damn, just saw RodeoFlyer's response... but I will post anyway.



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