I was trying to find one comprehensive post of lowered stangs for comparison - y'know Eibachs, Steeda, H&R, or the ol' hacksaw, all in one place. If I missed it, point me in the right direction - if not post 'em here. Maybe a good idea for this subforum's first sticky? Post as many shots as you got and before and afters would be even better. If you want, post price paid and where you got 'em from. (do I ask too many questions? )

Oh, and if you have offsets too, feel free to post those too.

 

I went the Steeda springs from Califonia Mustang. No problems with the alignment. It shifted my rear end about 1/4 of an inch. It dropped the car about 1 1/8 in the rear and about 3/4 in the front. Ride is great. I am very pleased with the drop. I wasn't looking to go to low.

 

what side did it shift to?

 

Eibach Pro Kit

 

another

 

Eibach Pro-Kit

 

Steeda sport, rear springs only.

 

here is mine...eibach pro kit

 

I'll post mine soon, (Steeda rear springs) but I wanted to coment on the "rear end shifting" issue. From my own experience lowering didn't shift it. It was off-center from the factory. IMO, this is the case with most '05 Mustangs. It's just that no one notices it until they lower the car. (or put on wider wheels/tires)
So for anyone planning on lowering, before you decide to buy an adjustable panhard bar to go along with your springs, take some measurements first.

 

Prolly a good idea. I measured mine before and after and it shifted the pumkin to the right 1/2". It was almost centered exactly before the spring install.



Paul

 

I knew there was someone who said their's shifted to the right. I just couldn't remember who it was. Mine did just a little. Less than 1/4", but that's the direction it needed to go anyway. Everyone else claims a shift to the left, but they didn't measure before lowering so my guess is by lowering the car, it probably improved the factory screw-up. It just didn't shift it enough so the rear end would still be off center to the left. Just not as much.

 

I say it shifted to the right but I did not check it before the drop. I didn't realize that cars were coming shifted from the factory.

 

Great pics so far - keep 'em coming, y'all...

 

Hey
Could you post some more pics of yr ride? Looks sick :worship: :worship:

 

Cut 1 coil from my stock rear springs. Dropped the wheel arch from 29.5" to 28.5" and reduced the gap from the tire top to arch from 3 & 1/8" to 2 & 1/8", almost identical to the front. No rear-end shift either. I had 1/16" distance from the flat of the fender-well to the widest part of the tire side-wall before and after the drop. Absolutely no difference in the feel of the ride harshness that I can feel.
Here is the only shot I have right now. I plan on posting some close-ups later
jeff

 

Here's a shot of the rear gap before
jeff

 

And thanks to mustp51, here's my car with Eibach Pros:

 

Steeda springs.

 

the new mustangs are factory alligned to turn slightly right, this is to supposivly run the car off the road if the driver falls asleep instead of into on-coming traffic...

so a tree is better...

said my ford dealer...still hesitant on dropping, prolly gonna wait...

Steeda has actually road tested their springs, Eibach has not.

 

Those of you who installed the Eibach Pro-Kit... any need for Camber/Caster plates?