I'm looking to lower my car about 1 3/4 to 2 inch in back and 1 inch up front. What springs should I get to give me this stance. Who/where should I get them from. I cut my rear springs one inch already and like the stance darn near level I don't want to cut them any more than that. Its an every day driver so I don't want to stiff of a spring. What else will I need to get the job done? Adjustable panhard bar, struts or camber plts or none of the above? Who has the best price?
Thanks in advance for the replies.

 

Glenn... to lower the front only 1", I would suggest going with the H&R Sport Springs. Use the front springs with your shortened rears and see how they match up performance and balance wise. If they work OK, your set. If you don't like the combo, install the H&R rear springs. If you can stand the hit financially, H&R makes a Coil-over set for $1099, 1.0 to 2.0 in the front and .75 to 2.0 in the rear.

I wouldn't recommend spending the money for camber plates, NAPA and other places on the Internet have Camber Bolts that don't require any mods to the strut holes... they are about $30 a pair from NAPA and I have seen them for as little as $19 plus shipping on the Net. That is a lot better than $200 + for plates. These bolts are good for about 2 degrees of camber using only one set in the lower mounting hole and about 4 degrees with two sets, one in each hole.

You may find the ride a little harsh with the OEM shocks & struts and lowering springs, they are a little to long.. sooner than later you will probably want to go to a shorter damper set made for lowered suspensions, FRPP Stg III's, Tokico D-Spec, etc. If you plan to do the dampers along with the lowering springs, it's not that much different to go with the true coil-over setup.

I have the FRPP's with Eibach Sport Springs and they made a lot of difference in the ride quality over the OEM dampers.

Bobby M.

 

Thanks Moo I want a total of two inch drop in the rear from stock and 1 inch drop in front. So I will be changing out all 4 springs. Looking for a level stance or just a tad higher in the back when I'm all done.

 

I put the entire Saleen suspension system in for 699.00 It lowered the car and leveled in. It also handles a lot better now too!

 

With the H&R Sport Springs you will only get about .75 in the rear. You may have a difficult time finding a set to get the combo you want. Here are a couple of sites to visit for a veriety of different spring sets.

http://www.stangsuspension.com/store/05mustangcat.asp

http://www.kw-suspension.com/en/index.php

http://www.ground-control-store.com/index.php

I have the Ground Control Coil-over Conversion Kit with modified FRPP Stg 3 dampers... if you will go to BMC forum (http://www.badmustangsclub.com/galle...c=3&userid=414), look in 'Coil-over Conversion Kit' post, you can see my setup.. My stang is lowered 1 3/8" in the front and 1 1/2" in the rear. If you look in 'MooStang05gt' post you will see how mine looks at this height.

Bobby M.

 

not sure what steeda says, but after my springs were installed and settled, i droped 1inch in the front and 1.75 in the rear. Not exactly what you want, but should be close.

 

where did you get the kit from? Saleen lists it at 799.00

 

I got mine from Apex motorsports. They list them on Ebay for 699.00 and even throw in free shipping. It took me about six hours to do the suspension replacement. I took a little longer than I planned because I wanted to make sure that I got the torques right. There is a set listed for sale right now at the link posted below.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Salee...spagenameZWDVW

 

Thats a pretty good price

 

thats exactly what I want but can't find them any where. steeda sport springs say 1 inch drop in front and 1 1/4 in the rear. That leaves 3/4 inch diff from from front to back. I supose I could trim a tad off new springs to get the ride hight I want. The saleen kit drops the car 1 inch all the way around. That is a great price for that kit tho.
Maybe thats a bad handling combo I'm looking for????

 

I see bmr has a set that drops 1 1/4 front and 1 3/4 rear pretty close to what I'm looking for

 

I put the Steeda rear springs on my GT Vert, dropped 1 3/4- 2". Left front stock for now. Rides geart, looks much better as well.

 

I think the steeda ultralites are the best bang for the buck. Pretty much levels the car, looks lower then the drop suggests, but is not too extreme to overwork the stock struts/shocks. Drives nice too