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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:11 PM
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im also thinking of lowering....leaning towards the eibach prokit.....am i going to need to replace anything afterwards? i was going to go with the 2in drop instead...but don't have the extra money for shocks and struts, etc. if i go with the pro kit, it will ride a little worse, but nothing to require me to install new shocks/struts, right?
or am i way off here?
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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Mine came out great.

Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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nice ride frost that is a good stance on that stang. i want to post my pics but having trouble uploading says file too large or something but mine looks like an off road stang. i looked into the steeda draglites but i think they only drop 1/4 - 1/2" but i think i am leaning towards the eibach pro-kit.
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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well after seeing that im set on the pro-kit. i just dont have money for the other stuff with a 2in drop instead of a 1.5. thanks for putting up your pic frostbyte!
Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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Dont get upset when you first put them on. It wont look much different. It takes about 2-4 weeks for them to "settle" down where they will stay.
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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I have the pro kit w/ bilstein struts/shocks . I drove my friends stang which hadH&R's & tokico struts/shock & they feltvery similar to both of us. I have to drive over speed bumps so I couldn't go to low , but I'd like to .

you WILL need an alignment , you will have to much negative camber .
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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but i bet the handling improved huh?, i will be doing the install myself, some guys are saying get a srping compressor some advised that you did not need one, did you use one?
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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We used a compressor on mine. I havent had a re-alignment & dont have any tire wear issues.

Yes cornering is improved but 1/4 mile timessuffer from lack of weright transfer to rear.
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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how much have they suffered?
a spring compressor? how much is that? im so naivewith this stuff!
Old Jan 5, 2008 | 08:56 PM
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when i got my pro kit installed on my 99 cobra it didnt even look really dropped. it settled a little bit but nothing really noticable. IMO 1.5" dropis not something thats worth doing. I would lower the car more than that because we have a HUUUUGE wheel gap to fill.



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