Mustangmaniacs

Hello, i just lowered my car with Ford Racing struts and Roush springs with 0,5 inch drop.

Do i need to buy caster/camber bolts or is this drop so little so i don't need it?

Grateful for your help

Best regards,

Martin

Buck Sergeant

Martin, if you purchased a set of lowering springs it’s extremely important to get a set of aftermarket caster and camber plates. After lowering your Mustang, you will need a front end alignment, and this is where your new caster and camber plates will come in handy. Having a properly setup alignment is important for your safety and the performance of your vehicle. It will improve your steering response for cutting corners and keep your car as straight as an arrow on the highway or drag strip. Lowering your Mustang without the use of caster camber plates not only wears your tires and other suspension parts much more quickly, it will negatively affect performance and handling as well.

Mustangmaniacs

Hi Buck and thank you for your input,

Alignment for sure, but do you really think i need the plates considering we are only talking about 0,5 " ( 1,2 cm) of drop?

I understand you need them with a 1,5" drop, but at a 0,5" drop ?

Its almost stock ride hight, i got the roush 0,5 " springs mainly for the harder spring, not the drop.
I got the GT500 strut mounts.

Reg

Martin

howarmat

for that little of drop I wouldnt worry. When you get the alignment if they say you need them then get them but it might not be needed

Mustangmaniacs

Thanks for the input Howarmat , i like your black Mustang, this is our 05

howarmat

very nice indeed!

Buck Sergeant

Martin, howamat makes a excellent point about making a decision after your alignment. When just dropping the rear suspension half an inch, a standard front end alignment is adequate. What concerned me is that you are lowering the front struts a half inch also. I am curious as to the effect of lowering the front struts just half a inch on a daily driver. My drag cars have tubular front ends, so caster/camber bolts are a must. Please send info as to how your alignment turned out.

Norm Peterson

Half an inch lowering is only going to move camber a little over a quarter of a degree further negative, and while toe theoretically changes even that won't be by much. The new struts could have caused some slight change as well, but since that could be either more negative or less negative there's no way to know where the cambers are at without measuring them.

BUT . . . you can measure camber yourself with things like digital angle finders or a small level, a small scale graduated at least down to 1/32nds, and a calculator with trig functions. Go out and measure what the car has for cambers and we can go from there. Do your checking against the wheel rather than off the tire sidewalls (but avoid any dents or scuffs).


Norm