Rear shocks?
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From: MD/WV
RE: Rear shocks?
ORIGINAL: pastfast125
ic thanks for the quick response. couldn't one just put in a say 1/4 strength plate under there where they mount to spread the stress so it doesn't damage the floor? Yea I know it would probably be easier to just get different shocks, but hey I'm 16, these sound cool
ic thanks for the quick response. couldn't one just put in a say 1/4 strength plate under there where they mount to spread the stress so it doesn't damage the floor? Yea I know it would probably be easier to just get different shocks, but hey I'm 16, these sound cool
And no, air shocks are not cool
Yukon Cornelius
Joined: Oct 2005
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From: deep in the heart of dixie GEORGIA
RE: Rear shocks?
never put airshocks on a stang or any car/truck for that matter shocks arent meant to support any,nada,none of the vehicles weight!
air shocks are just the slackers way of compensating for bad rear springs which hold all the weight of the vehicle!!
Ibe actually had a mustang that the air shock punched thru the floor! the floors is sheet metal and is very weak when it come to supporting a thousand pounds
air shocks are just the slackers way of compensating for bad rear springs which hold all the weight of the vehicle!!
Ibe actually had a mustang that the air shock punched thru the floor! the floors is sheet metal and is very weak when it come to supporting a thousand pounds
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RE: Rear shocks?
so wut motor does the car hav that u test drove cause i am 17 and when i was 14 my parents purchased wut would be my first car a 1966 mustang which was 3 yrs ago and i am now 17 and in love with my car
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RE: Rear shocks?
lol, ok thanks. First I'll worry about gettin the car. Tomorrow somebody's comin buy to look at my truck, and if they buy it for 3 grand I will be heading over to pick up this stang as long as he hasn't sold it yet. I can't wait, wish me luck that it all works out.
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RE: Rear shocks?
it's only got a 289 
3spd manual trans someday if I get it, 5spd trans and built up 289 stroker of some sort I would imagine. for now I just wanna do some minor things like high compression, intake 4 barrel and cam, headers, and wahtevver other small things I can think of.
3spd manual trans someday if I get it, 5spd trans and built up 289 stroker of some sort I would imagine. for now I just wanna do some minor things like high compression, intake 4 barrel and cam, headers, and wahtevver other small things I can think of.
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Joined: May 2006
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From: IL
RE: Rear shocks?
before you buy, for the love of god check out the frame rails front and back, try and look under the car at the floors, the shock towers, the trunk surround..... that stuff gets expensive if you have to replace it, not to mention its a hassle
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oh yea I will be lookin it over. I already gave it a pretty good exam. They replaced the rusted spots of the floor already. I'm still gonna crawl under it before I buy it and give all that structural stuff a good look over. Has maybe 2 or 3 minor rust holes in the body like at the rocker panels. I'm definately gonna give it a very good lookover before I make the final deal.