blackstalion232

this is a question for sn95 owners that have lowered there car. i was reading i belivefebuarys modified mustang mag and it was talking about a bunch of stuff that should be done when you lower your stang and i was wondering if you guys had done anything else besides the springs and shocks and struts and if so what those things were


thanks

OnyxCobra

Ideally:

Springs
Struts/Shocks
Caster/Camber Plates
X2 Balljoints
Bumpsteer kit


Make sure you get an alignment after the springs have settled. Also you can get polyurethane spring isolators to replace the stock rubber ones, usually they're in pretty rough shape.

blackstalion232

k thanks do you know any other places to look besides steeda and stangsuspension

ak47dennis

I did

-spings
-all 4 new isolators (poly)
-shocks / struts
-steeda upper & lower rear contols arms
-steeda tie rod ends (strongly recomend vs. rack bushngs)
-caster & camber plates
-UPR tubular k-memeber with coil overs & contorl arms (yet to be installed)

So you can see it kind of snowballs [8D]

Stang9946

Would you ultimately be ok with just springs, cc plates and an alignment? That's what i'm planning on and then like 2 months down the road struts and possibly a bumpsteer

ewgoetz

Just wait 2 months and do all that at once. Otherwise you wil be doing a alignment both times. unless you dont mind paying for 2 alignments? or go toa firestone and get a lifetime alignmentwhere you can go to any firestone and get a alignment any time you want and not pay for it again. Otherwise,I'd rather save that cash from that extra alignment for some more parts.

Chopper

Read this link.

http://www.miracerros.com/mustang/t_suspension.htm

mcfarway

Chopper
Date 2/16/2008 4:30:58 AM


Read this link.

http://www.miracerros.com/mustang/t_suspension.htm

There is a lot of informaion out there ... I've read the upgrade articles on miracerros.com & taken a lot ofhis advice on suspension.My advice is to do everything at once. I did the labor on my vehicle & didn't do everything the first time (only springs & shocks/struts) ... so I had to go back & tear down/rebuilda 2nd time with new spring isolators & c/c plates (to get the proper alignment - I went down over 2 inches in front). I don't know if I'll ever do the bumpsteer, offset rack bushings, shorter sway bar endlinks, etc. (but the info & pics/animation on the link above were a great help).

My only advice is to plan it out & wait until you at least have springs, shocks/struts, c/c plates (to ensure proper tire alignment/wear,) and spring isolators (my car had less than 50k on the clock but the rear icolators were worn out and the front ones would 'pop' when the suspension bottomed out transitioning from the street to a steep driveway). The labor is what kills you on suspension projects ... the parts are pretty reasonable.