thats a lie!

you're hecksa scared. you always are! you're even scared or Mr. Sawzall.

and they do kinda look like wires....


they just got scarier

 

go ghetto and wrap a chain to hold the spring to the suspension arm and slowly lower it with a jack.

 

but what do you do after... lol

 

If the new springs are shorter, you won't have as much difficulty installing them. Can still chain the lower part of the spring to the A-arm.

 

i meant more like, what do you do with the old chained up and compressed springs...

 

After you lower the a-arm they'll barely be compressed at all. Just wiggle them out with a pry bar or something...

 

no i dont mean getting them out of the car... do you just leave the compressed springs compressed forever?

 

No. After they're out of the car, they won't be compressed. If you're talking about a compressor, then I'm not sure.

 

but the chaaainnn

hell with this. bedtime lol

 

I think he meant just stick a chain around the bottom coils and through the arm so that it doesn't come flying out.

 

Chain a few coils nearest the A-arm to the A-arm. You only want to use the chain(s) to hold the spring to the A-arm while lowering - not wrapping the chain tightly to hold the spring in compression - it's more to prevent the springs from flying away and outwards if the suspension suddenly drops. Use the jack to control the A-arm's rate of descent... Heard the rear axles are much easier.

 

Oops, posted after you. But that's what I meant. Still, nothing beats having the right tools for the job.

 

Chain idea is pretty ingenious. I haven't heard that before. Hopefully getting a rear sway bar soon. Maybe a fender, since we saw one on a white Mustang at the Pick n Pull, just didn't pick it up since there seemed to be a lot of oxidation in the clear coat, but apparently bringing a body panel in to CCOC they will paint it for you for 20 bucks, since it is helpful for their students. Kinda scary though... haha.

 

What kind of sway bar?

 

Just stock Fox. Nothing fancy. I don't have any sway bar right now though, so anything is an upgrade.

 

Ya, the 2.3s came stock w/o one, and I definitely noticed a difference after I got mine.

 

??? Your car doesn't have one? How strange... All GT's and GTS's should have one factory equipped. Looks like the previous owner removed it.

 

Yes, a lot of them break under hard turning, especially with a lot of age, and since the GT/GTS's have a hollow tube instead of a solid bar, they break pretty easy.

 

Ok, didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

 

So, you're telling me the fox sway bar is solid? If that's the case, i'll swap it when the chance comes, along with some other parts, like the upper plennum