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Old Sep 16, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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Ive been thinking about my build plans for my car and decided i want ot improve the handling a lot. I want to go with an adjustable suspension so i can set it up for street, drag, and auto cross and want to spend around $1500 so i came up with this set up. Full length sub frame connectors,Maximum Motorsports Coil overs up front, MM cast camber plates with 03 cobra control arms and Koni single adjustable struts, and in the rear stang suspension adjustable lower control arms with koni single adjustable shocks. What do you guys think?
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by RipTide7
Ive been thinking about my build plans for my car and decided i want ot improve the handling a lot. I want to go with an adjustable suspension so i can set it up for street, drag, and auto cross and want to spend around $1500 so i came up with this set up. Full length sub frame connectors,Maximum Motorsports Coil overs up front, MM cast camber plates with 03 cobra control arms and Koni single adjustable struts, and in the rear stang suspension adjustable lower control arms with koni single adjustable shocks. What do you guys think?

Front setup should work nice, ditch the rear in favor of a TQ Arm and PHB
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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$1450.00

1999-04 Mustang Sport Box includes

* H&R Sport springs
* MM Caster/Camber Plates
* Tokico Premium Performance struts
* Tokico Premium Performance shocks
* Urethane spring isolators
* MM Pinion Snubber (solid axle Mustangs)
* MM Panhard Bar
* MM Standard Subframe Connectors
* MM Strut Tower Brace
* MM 4-point K-member Brace
* Urethane steering rack bushings
* Front swaybar bushings
* Front swaybar end lin

Old Sep 16, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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switch to a 3 link, new lower arms, full length subs are good, the coil overs are good - but I like springs better for a street car, not sure about the 03 cobra arms, you might want to wait / or get a new K member with tubular arms the coil overs, depends on you future plans. The adjustable shocks and struts are good - look around at AGX's etc. - another biggy is tires - front and back, but depends on what kind of tread wear your looking for.
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yeah steves got yah there
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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actually call them and tell them to throw in lower control arms, thats a little pricey
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 10:25 AM
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actually call them and tell them to throw in lower control arms, thats a little pricey
I agree, ditch the K brace to save some cash too, oh and ditch the strut town brace.
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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Thanks for all the imput. i might just save up longer for griggs racing super street kit.
http://www.griggsracing.com/product_...roducts_id=555
The reason i want the cobra control arms are that 94-98s have a 10% wider turning circle. I also would like to go with coil overs for the adjustably.I want to do a little bit of everything with my car. Possibly even a day at road course school (anyone with more info about englishtowns school let me know!)
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Originally Posted by RipTide7
Thanks for all the imput. i might just save up longer for griggs racing super street kit.
http://www.griggsracing.com/product_...roducts_id=555
The reason i want the cobra control arms are that 94-98s have a 10% wider turning circle. I also would like to go with coil overs for the adjustably.I want to do a little bit of everything with my car. Possibly even a day at road course school (anyone with more info about englishtowns school let me know!)
That a boy save for the real stuff you will not be disappointed with Griggs products. If you wait long enough you can buy my front stuff used because I am going with their SLA which replaces quite a few items I already have.
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I love the sla conversion from griggs! I would take griggs sla conversion over just about any other mod i can do for my mustang short of a worked 03 cobra blaock making 600+ whp. All of which are im my plans in the (far, far, far, faaaar away) future. his 98 gr40 cobra is the nicest mustang i have every seen. i want my car to be like that.



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