MRGTX

I have a vision of sticking with all Ford goodies on my car...just wondering if that's worth pursuing when talking about suspension stuff.

Is the Ford Handling Pack worth the cash?

http://www.americanmuscle.com/frpp-a...assembled.html

13GetThere

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...k-M-FR3A-MGTAA

Mr. V

I considered going all ford racing on my car too. I think it's great stuff. Most of the reviews have been excellent. The only thing that swayed me was some reviews of the ford racing shocks/struts being a bit harsh to daily drive. I decided on the Koni sports instead. With the exception of the dampers, I think the ford racing stuff is excellent.

Brandon302

IMO Ford can't setup a suspension to save their lives, so why give them money for Tokico Illumina's or whatever they use in the kit when you could get Koni's for a similar price and build a kit that way.

AMAlexLazarus

Good question here-I think they make a really solid kit and it's been widely rumored that Eibach produces their components and I would definitely recommend it.

Thank you sir, you just reminded me! If anyone's ever seeing a kit that we offer listed elsewhere shoot us a call as we'll PRICE MATCH it for you!

This is something that I've heard and experience as well but I only really noticed it directly after the kit had been installed on a co-workers 10+

For what it's worth here's what it would like like if you were to piece together a kit:







Let me know if you're to have any questions and I hope this helps!

Alex

Brandon302

And if OP waits for the summer Koni sale and contacts Sam Strano he may get the Koni's close to 600 than 800 making it the same cost.

PJRManagement

I believe Alex (AM) is correct. I have the Eibach Pro-System-Plus-Kit (springs, dampers, sway bars), for my 2011GT. According to the Ford Performance Manager at my dealership, the Ford Racing items are these exact items sourced from Eibach, and sold as Ford Racing, with a markup $. They sure look alike if you view pictures (except FR paints some items blue). Personally, I love the set-up on my car. All components are designed to work together. Ride height is lowered 1" in front, 1.5" in rear. Nice stance, but not slammed to the ground. The difference in handling is night and day, and I track my car. Ride is firmer on the street, but not too harsh.

silverstate777

I have the Roush (non-adjustable) kit that is found in their 2011-14 stage 2 & 3 mustangs:

http://www.roushperformance.com/part...2011-2014.html

It was selected for the minimal 1/2" drop to retain ground clearance, and offers a good balance between handling vs comfort for a daily driver.

Jazzman442

Depending on how you want it to handle:

Eibach I have the pro system on my Suburban same as Ford Racing

Steeda has an entire system. That is the key to make sure all the components are tuned for each other.

Jay@Hypermotive

Better choices out there,


For the Koni's, we offer the "koni Shock" sale.


For the money, look into the Bilstein B12 kit, Ground Control CC plates, BMR PHB. I would only upgrade the front sway bar, with an SRA you really can go without a rear sway.


Give me a shout, we could get you a watts link and full setup for around the price of that FRPP kit.

Jay@Hypermotive

This isn't always the case, Steeda does a good job and lots of R&D and all their components however, Eibach Dampers have a hard time supporting their own lowering springs. We've done various tests ranging from Koni, Eibach, to Bilstein, KW and AST coilovers.


Unfortunately, Koni lately has had lots of issues with QC it seems. 1-2 out of every 10 of our customers have had issues with their Koni's (yellow or Orange). This has only been recently, last year we sold a few thousand sets with zero issues, this hasn't been the case which is unfortunate.


Running the same brand throughout the suspension isn't always a good thing. You'll see many racing teams and drag racing teams and companies run various brands on their suspension and street setups are no different.


The key is finding a good base which means finding a good set of dampers that are matched well with springs. The bilstein B12 kit is actually the best combo we've found in this price range.


http://www.hypermotive.com/bilstein-...ion-kit-11-14/


We tested this very same setup on the Nurburgring, Hockenheim, NCCAR, VIR and on various roads throughout Europe and the east coast. We tested these, Koni Yellows with Eibach Prokits and a few other coilover setups. For the non coilover setups, the Bilsteins performed WELL above Koni and Eibach both for longevity, comfort and performance.


We've done a lot of suspension testing on the S197 platform and we try our best to provide an unbiased opinion on quality and performance.

dusman59

I have the Bilstein's with the frpp p springs which I purchased from Jay. I used the GT 500 mounts. Alignment came in spot on. I couldn't be happier with the results. If you go with the Bilstein make sure you reuse the pin type rubber grommets on the rear shocks.