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Old 01-12-2010, 08:47 AM
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Looks good, I'd love to lower my car but winter here negates that, though I have though about the roush rear springs as my front is already a bit lower with the SC weight.
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Old 01-12-2010, 09:32 AM
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Nice car
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Old 01-12-2010, 02:59 PM
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Congrats, looks really nice.
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Old 01-12-2010, 03:04 PM
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things sick how does she handle?
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Old 01-12-2010, 03:06 PM
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drop made the car look 10X better
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Old 01-12-2010, 09:22 PM
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Here's a shameless BMR plug with my car used as the test specimen

http://www.stangtv.com/forum/bmr-s19...kage-6271.html

and the pics
http://stangtv.com/photos/showgaller...me=&way=&date=
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Old 01-12-2010, 09:38 PM
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I think thats the perfect stance. I dont like slammed or 4x4 looking mustangs but that hits it right on the nail
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Old 01-12-2010, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Wes_T
Car looks great, did you have any issues or concerns with adjusting the pinion angle on the driveshaft/rear axle connection. To be honest this is something I don't really understand, but it seems to come up when talking about lowering these cars.
Pinion angle is really a piece of cake. Actually, when I was doing mine, I had the front on the ground and the rear on jack stands and when I measured the angle of the driveshaft it came out to be exactly 0 degrees... this makes setting the angle simple because you don't have to subtract the difference.

I was pretty concerned about it as well because I had never attempted this before. However, I found it to be very easy. I already a 90* level, and it is one that has magnets on it so it's very easy to determine the angle.

Use this website to understand the logic. It's about 1/2 way down the page and tells you exactly how to do it: http://www.cherod.com/mustang/HowTo/LCA%20_adj.htm

If you need any help with it let me know!
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Old 01-12-2010, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DRock
things sick how does she handle?
She handles really well now that I've gotten the kinks out. When I simply set the new LCAs to the length of the stock ones, the rear axle was not sitting square to the chassis (left rear tire was a little under 1/2" forward of the right rear) which caused the car to "crab" down the road and the steering wheel to be turned to the left about 10* in order to go straight.

So after doing the math first (because I was dumb and got the LCAs that you have to take off to adjust ... not made by BMR) I squared the axle and centered the rear axle in the fender front to back (as much as I could while maintaining proper pinion angle).

Now that all is well, I can tell that the spring are definitely a little stiffer, but it is still plenty street-able (she is my DD). One big difference I have noticed is that when I want to get the tires spinning they will just jump up and spin... not do the aweful "tire hop shake about". Also, I can do much better controlled launches and the point at which the tires break loose is much more consistent.
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Old 01-13-2010, 10:56 AM
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Very Nice!
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