markrazz

im planning on doing the struts very shortly and was wondering if there was anything i needed to know..rear shocks where pretty straight forward.but i heard the front struts can be a biatch..anyonbe done theres and have any input >? thankx all

jes72mustang

Do you mean from Shocks? what Year? On my 72 it wasn't too bad, but I was replacing the coils as well and that was the hard part. You can do the front shocks without removing the coils, on the 72 it is like 6 nuts/bolts if even that.

69mach1377

Classic stangs don't have struts...

markrazz

its a 69

68COOP

It has shocks and coil springs, unless it has been up-graded by someone. You can either rent, or buy a coil spring compressors at Auto Zone. Be careful, they are dangerous if they get away from you, so take it slow and keep all your body parts. Shocks are a piece of cake. KYB makes some Gas-Adjust that has 5 different settings from soft to no-give at all.

69mach1377

Changing shocks is a piece of cake and changing the springs does not require a compressor for a 69 if you do it right.

Soaring

Yeah, there ain't no struts on classic Mustangs, just coil springs and shocks. The shocks take about a nano second to change. Why even bother with the coil springs unless you are either doing the Shelby drop or getting new factory specs coils? Hey Daniel, weren't you the one a few months ago who said you didn't need a coil spring supressor to install new coils?
Back pedal....Back pedal.....

markrazz

ok i meant front shocks i guess..if i just wanna change the shock without the coil spings is there a way so i dont need a coil conpresser,ect..an easy way to do this..tyi do have the kyb gs-2 but i dont think they have settings on them..but they seem very good on the rear end

69mach1377

Correct, it does not require one. My mistake typing too fast. Is there a way to make the font larger when entering new text? I have since edited my response to be consistent and true to my experience.
Thanks for pointing it out...

panteramatt

Hey 69mach, ever run your car at the drags and if so what did ya run? Whats needed to run cleveland heads on a windsor? Are they better than some afr 185cc heads?