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Old 06-24-2006, 02:57 AM
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the stang at least and inch in thinking. anyone know of any good producs, or roughly the colst of them to do this??

also is the install going to be hard and if im fairly good at mech. work can i do it?
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Old 06-24-2006, 03:00 AM
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get FMS C springs, and its a fairly simple job, the front requires no spring compressor but the back does
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I like my eibach kit, I got the 1.5" lowering springs with shocks and struts, ran me 600 bucks. (stupid struts were like 380 or so)
pro system is the 1.5" lowering kit
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Old 06-24-2006, 03:05 AM
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jebus i didant think it would run 600
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Old 06-24-2006, 03:07 AM
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well thats with the struts and shocks

just the springs is like 230 or so.

I just got the combination cause I heard such good things about it....and I heard right, I needed new shocks and struts anyway so I went for it
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Old 06-24-2006, 03:15 AM
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hmm...how od i know if i need struts

do you have a picture of struts..bad ones i mean
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I went with Eibach Sportlines 2 in the front and 1.7 in the rear, and Jamex struts and shocks. I did it all by my lonesome. It wasnt that difficult. The hardest part was the front springs. I used a tie rod seperator to pop them in and had a jack under to compress them unril I bolted the strut to the CC plate. I guess thats kind of dangerous but it worked and the ride is stiff! love it! The only problem I have is the tires bow in a little. I need control arms and better CC plates. Something to keep in mind.
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Old 06-24-2006, 03:23 AM
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how much did you pay for it all and do u got any beforeand after shots????

o any sugjestions on dropped height my tires are 245/45/17
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nice do they make just 1" lowering springs or are the lowest 1.5"? cuz i have 9" wide rims and they rub a little when the wheel is totally turned. and do you think they would rub any more w/ the 1-1.5" lowering springs? and would i need to get new controll arms or could i stay w/ the stock seeing as its not a 2" drop?
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get FMS C springs, and its a fairly simple job, the front requires no spring compressor but the back does
is it different for a fox? For mine they said a spring compressor would probably be needed for the front, but not the rear springs. I didnt need them at all b/c my stock front springs were broken so they fell right out, and did not need a compressor for the rest of the job...
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