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Old 08-13-2004, 01:05 PM
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soes anyone no a good spring kit that will drop the car 1" to 1 1/2" i have the 17x9cobra r's on my foxbody. will these be too much or just about right?
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Old 08-13-2004, 06:10 PM
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i have the ford racing ones, they are nice but i would honestly suggest not going with lowering your car, its nice sitting low but not worth scraping everything. unless you have really flat roads and dont go over RR crossings. it makes its turning radius suck as well. but for the point oof lowering the ford racing ones arnet bad, makes it look nice
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Old 08-13-2004, 06:41 PM
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Well my car was lowered when i bought it so i cant tell you what kit was used, but i would definately recommend lowering. It looks better, handles better, and i havent had any problems with scraping at all.
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Old 08-13-2004, 06:51 PM
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StangTang
My car is lowere 1.5" and on the 17x9 Cobra R's

I barely scrape anything if anything.
Just dont go nuts when it comes to speed bumps and ****

Oh and I went with the Eibach Pro-Kits
Love the better handling tho
I say go for 1.5
Any lower and you run into problems So I Hear.
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Old 08-13-2004, 09:22 PM
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I went with the Ford Lowering Race springs. Good price from Summit, and took ou tthe rubber isolators to get another .5" Love the handling now and the stance. I can't wait to see what it handles when I get my Ford Cobra Rs (eBay!) with the wider tires.
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Old 08-13-2004, 09:46 PM
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i got eibachs on mine.there good i guesse but springs are springs. lowered my car about 1.5in too but there a bitch to put in
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Old 08-14-2004, 12:40 AM
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so lowerin ur car hmm i might try it one of these times i have alot of other things i want to do though. So if i did get anything i should get the 1.5" eibachs. hmmm alright well i am going to get the 17" cobra r's chrome first and some other things. But good luck on lowering that. idk if i want to lower my car anymore then it is at the time. hmm well im out for now. Have a nice night you guys.

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Old 08-14-2004, 01:25 AM
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Well
the bigger tires will plop you up higher too.
Dont forget that mr 4x4!
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Old 08-14-2004, 05:24 PM
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hahah well ya i will have to get the thinner sleeker tires like you have yourself there.
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Old 08-14-2004, 06:17 PM
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hey obsol3te lol they is way off topic but how much rise do u have on ur hood. sry guys
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