How to lower your Stang!
10-03-2008, 12:11 PM
#72
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ca
Posts: 490
Well here lately on Mod days at my house, there's a pretty good selection of stangs. Generally end up with about 6 or 7 parked at the house not including my 2, and I'm pretty much the only one that knows what i'm doing, but I let other people do the work, I just tell them how and what to do. lol
10-06-2008, 11:58 AM
#73
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 245
Hi everyone,
I'm going to finally change out my shox/struts. Any thoughts on these:
http://www.stangsuspension.com/store...?idproduct=938
I spoke to the rep on the phone letting him know I had about a 2.5" drop and asked if these shox/struts would be able to handle that set up and provide firm, crisp, solid damping performance for that huge drop, and he assured me it would, but I just wanted to see if anyone else has used these Tokico non-adjustible, high performance shox/struts with their springs. Let me know!
I'm going to finally change out my shox/struts. Any thoughts on these:
http://www.stangsuspension.com/store...?idproduct=938
I spoke to the rep on the phone letting him know I had about a 2.5" drop and asked if these shox/struts would be able to handle that set up and provide firm, crisp, solid damping performance for that huge drop, and he assured me it would, but I just wanted to see if anyone else has used these Tokico non-adjustible, high performance shox/struts with their springs. Let me know!
10-06-2008, 04:10 PM
#76
thats a great write up ryan, I saved it to favorites, as I plan on doing H&R supersports and Tokico Illuminas on my vert... a 5.0 fox has the same suspension set up for the most part....
anyway, I noticed you removed the rotor any reason why?
and after you lower it, I believe the supersports are a 1.5 drop, will I need to get my front end aligned at the shop?? I'm gonna try to snag a set of CC plates while I am at it, but I know they are not really really needed, and seeing as how my tires are 66 buck a piece, I am not overtly worried..
anyway, I noticed you removed the rotor any reason why?
and after you lower it, I believe the supersports are a 1.5 drop, will I need to get my front end aligned at the shop?? I'm gonna try to snag a set of CC plates while I am at it, but I know they are not really really needed, and seeing as how my tires are 66 buck a piece, I am not overtly worried..
10-06-2008, 06:18 PM
#78
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Indiana
Posts: 40
thats how i lowered my stang too by cutting the stock springs down, 2.5"/1.5"...see i didnt replace my struts either and like u said it did bounce all over the place for a lil bit but then it stopped bouncing around like it did and now it rides fine now which i thought was kinda wierd? do u know why it did that? i asked this question before and was told my springs may have collapsed?
10-06-2008, 07:31 PM
#80
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Indiana
Posts: 40
i used a grinder, i know the rule of thumb of not to use heat of any kinda like a torch cuz i have seen the results even tho we used a grinder which of course creates heat but not like a torch where it heats up more of the area on the spring
Last edited by 93FoxbodyLX; 10-06-2008 at 07:33 PM.