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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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SO I HAD SOME MONEY AFTER SAVING FOR A BIT AND I FINALLY ORDERED H&R SS LOWERING SPRINGS, TOKICO ILLUMINA SHOCKS/STRUTS AND MM CAST N CAMBER PLATES.....KANT WAIT TILL THEY GET HERE~!~!!!
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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Congrats. You are going to love the stance of the H&R SS's. The car should feel a bit better in corners now too.
Old Apr 13, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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Congrats! Lowering the car is DEFINTELY a must. I just put my springs on a couple of days ago and installed my MM cc plates, which wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be though it helped to have a buddy who knows his suspension stuff (which I had).

Getting rid of that wheel gap is SO nice, especially with 18" wheels. Ohhhhh yeah [8D]
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 06:43 AM
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just installed SS's and MM Caster Camber plates on a buddy's GT...you'll love it!!!
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 07:22 AM
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man im so stoked cant wait till they get here....now i gots to find a decent place to install then...my buddy said he'll help me install them but dont really trust him that much
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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its really not that bad...read a DIY thoroughly and you should be all set...and when drilling the hole in the top of the strut tower, mark twice drill once
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 10:38 AM
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The fronts are a bitch but the rears are cake...
Do it yourself!! I did mine for the first time and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought.
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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Have Eibachs waiting to go on. Could I really do it myself? Thought a shock compressor was required. Where I could find instructions on how to do my suspension myself? Hope this pans out b/c everyone around here wants $350 for an install, hence they ain't on yet!
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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https://mustangforums.com/m_1144767/tm.htm

The install isn't very hard. I have done about 4 sets of springs now. It is more of a bitch than anything. It isn't hard, just annoying after you have done it a lot.
Old Apr 14, 2008 | 01:12 PM
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The rears are easy, hell I did it without even taking the wheels off haha.
For the back, I remember having to drop the sway bar, and the control arm. Put a jack under the control arm and lower it nice and easy to the spring doesn't fly out. It will the fall right out basically when the CA's are lowered enough.

The fronts are little more involved. I don't even remember how it was suppose to be done lol



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