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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Hey guys. i looked but couldnt find any threads about this, maybe its me but idk. Anyway, Im getting LCAs and i am going to get them from steeda because 1.) i like there products and 2.) i have other steeda suspension mods and i want it to match. I was planning on going with the blue chrome Moly LCAs but they also have the billet LCAs. I just dont know whether one is better than the other, or is it just for looks?

Any input would be great. Thanks guys.
Old Aug 24, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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The Blue Chrome Moly are easier to keep clean. My Steeda Billet suspension parts are hard to clean and keep shiny. Road grime sticks to the Billet more easily.

I don't think there is any real functional difference or advantage of one over the other.
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So its all mostly for looks? if thats the case ill stick witht he blue Tubular ones. or is there any point in gettin the adjustables....
Old Aug 24, 2010 | 10:35 PM
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If your going to do them get the adjustables.


All my suspension is now Steeda other than the Tokico D-Specs I just had installed. G-Trac, LCA/UCA, Steering Bump Kit, Panhard Bar, front and rear sway bars, springs, Strut Tower brace, etc.

I wasn't super thrilled with it all until the D-Specs got installed. Now it friggin runs on rails! I hit turns and on and off ramps with a big giant grin on my face.
Old Aug 24, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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haha thats what i am planning for, but im not sure i will be able to adjust it correctly i dont wana F anything up.

Another ? if i do the LCAs and i have the sway bars on alreadys will it matter if i put springs on later or should i have put em on first. like will it mess anything up by doing them later
Old Aug 25, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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Talk to me about your upper and lower front end grills. I don't usually like that look but yours look sweet. Who makes those and where'd ya get them?

I think I found it. Is it

THIS one?

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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 10:33 AM
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I would suggest you get all your parts and then take it somewhere. or at least put them on and then get a Performance shop that knows the Stang to do a proper alignment, check pinion angles, etc.

Isn't Sam Strano out your way! He really knows a lot and has helped a ton of folks on MF.
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Originally Posted by UltraKla$$ic
Talk to me about your upper and lower front end grills. I don't usually like that look but yours look sweet. Who makes those and where'd ya get them?

I think I found it. Is it

THIS one?
Haha thanks man. u wana hear something funny i was at a car meet and a dude with a honda civic said my grille was ricey.... i said lets line em up then.... he wouldnt.

But i got them from steeda there the billet alluminum. I like it alot too, heres the link http://www.steeda.com/products/bille...um_grilles.php

Your link looks similar but thats where i got mine.
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Originally Posted by 08Steeda
I would suggest you get all your parts and then take it somewhere. or at least put them on and then get a Performance shop that knows the Stang to do a proper alignment, check pinion angles, etc.

Isn't Sam Strano out your way! He really knows a lot and has helped a ton of folks on MF.
i only do certain installs on my own, i wouldnt go near a spring or a strut install, i care about my stang to much to mess it up. But that was my next question im near Philly is there any recomended install shops for mustangs around me....how do i find one if not?
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Sam Strano is on here. PM him or go to his website.
http://www.stranoparts.com/

Brookville PA near you? That's where he is at.



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