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coil overs? - 5/30/2007 1:32:24 AM

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Does anyone have these?

Are they easy to change the height?

What do I need to buy for them?

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 2:36:18 AM

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Uh...you mean springs? You already have them in your car. Springs = Coilovers. There's another kind of suspension which I think is called leaf springs. Generally they use those kind in old muscle cars and trucks. I think they're more for heavy duty or something. I dont know.

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 7:54:38 AM

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i had a buddy that put adjustable coilovers on his civic.... but thats the only time ive ever seen/heard of them. i think that somehow there is something that compresses the spring and holds it, but still allows it to compress and expand, you are just adjusting the maximum expansion of the spring. he said it only took the turn of a dial on the top of the spring, you just gotta take the wheel off and turn it a few times, and you can drop your car like 1/2- an inch...or something

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 10:19:18 AM

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i had a buddy that put adjustable coilovers on his civic.... but thats the only time ive ever seen/heard of them. i think that somehow there is something that compresses the spring and holds it, but still allows it to compress and expand, you are just adjusting the maximum expansion of the spring. he said it only took the turn of a dial on the top of the spring, you just gotta take the wheel off and turn it a few times, and you can drop your car like 1/2- an inch...or something

Yeah, Im talking about adjustable coil overs. They can be stock height or dropped 3 inches. I would just put them on and only drop it like 1 inch for driving, and 2 inches for shows or something.

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 10:32:50 AM

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seems like it would be a sweet idea.. i dont know how they work, or if they make them for mustangs, but you could always try it, and if you dont like it and it doesnt work, sell em to somebody else :p

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 10:54:58 AM

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im pretty sure eibach makes a coilover system for our cars

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 11:40:52 AM

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-04-Mustang-Coil-Over-Kit-With-HAL-Springs-UPR_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33586QQihZ013QQitemZ230134705053QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

What about these?

Anyone know what else I would need?

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 1:57:30 PM

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-00-01-02-03-04-FORD-MUSTANG-LOWERING-COILOVER-SPRING_W0QQitemZ260122559825QQihZ016QQcategoryZ33582QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or these?

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 2:15:31 PM

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i believe u will need caster camber plates, but buddy has some leaf springs in his mach

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 4:57:12 PM

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What are leaf springs?

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 6:09:59 PM

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our cars use normal springs with A arms with springs and shocks but the spings are mounted to the a arms behind the struts and are 2 separate parts

coilovers is when the coul is arround the shock/struts and is 1 solid piece

leaf springs are used on solid axels and is just layers of flexible metal

and mcpherson struts are like coil overs dont know the exact differense

and depending on what kinda coil overs and drop you may need a spring compressor

upr sells the kit u just need the struts

and when alot of people get coilovers they eventualy get new k members to reduce weight

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 8:41:23 PM

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there ya go ^^
that pretty much covers it

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RE: coil overs? - 5/30/2007 9:30:16 PM

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quote:

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Uh...you mean springs? You already have them in your car. Springs = Coilovers. There's another kind of suspension which I think is called leaf springs. Generally they use those kind in old muscle cars and trucks. I think they're more for heavy duty or something. I dont know.

he is not necessarily talking about springs he is talking about a coilover setup which is an upgrade to the macpherson strut setup that comes stock on our stangs. we do NOT have coilovers

here is a link for some coil over kits

http://stangsuspension.com/store/comersus_listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=120

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RE: coil overs? - 5/31/2007 12:48:09 AM

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upr sells the kit u just need the struts

extremely helpful. Thanks

So, what struts would I need?

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RE: coil overs? - 5/31/2007 2:40:42 AM

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Uh...you mean springs? You already have them in your car. Springs = Coilovers. There's another kind of suspension which I think is called leaf springs. Generally they use those kind in old muscle cars and trucks. I think they're more for heavy duty or something. I dont know.

he is not necessarily talking about springs he is talking about a coilover setup which is an upgrade to the macpherson strut setup that comes stock on our stangs. we do NOT have coilovers

here is a link for some coil over kits

http://stangsuspension.com/store/comersus_listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=120

Ohhh. Can out mustangs even use those? I've changed out both the shock/struts and the springs and I know they're seperate not together.

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RE: coil overs? - 5/31/2007 2:45:17 AM

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quote:

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Uh...you mean springs? You already have them in your car. Springs = Coilovers. There's another kind of suspension which I think is called leaf springs. Generally they use those kind in old muscle cars and trucks. I think they're more for heavy duty or something. I dont know.

he is not necessarily talking about springs he is talking about a coilover setup which is an upgrade to the macpherson strut setup that comes stock on our stangs. we do NOT have coilovers

here is a link for some coil over kits

http://stangsuspension.com/store/comersus_listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=120

Ohhh. Can out mustangs even use those? I've changed out both the shock/struts and the springs and I know they're seperate not together.

Yeah, thats the difference. Im pretty sure you remove the spring and strut, then you put the coil over set up in their place.

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RE: coil overs? - 5/31/2007 9:56:41 PM

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u remove the big spring and put it on top/arround the strut and im not sure what struts u use but i could prolly call upr or 50 resto or maxim motor sports or another company that sells them and they would know and if they tell u they dont know then its prolly best not to order from them

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RE: coil overs? - 6/1/2007 12:25:51 AM

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Yeah, that would be awesome.

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RE: coil overs? - 6/1/2007 2:41:43 AM

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yeah you can use coilovers, they make a specific kit to convert 94-04 mustangs from a modified macpherson strut setup to a coilover setup, email the folks at stangsuspension and ask what they recommend, they were very helpful when i did my suspension upgrade

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RE: coil overs? - 6/1/2007 9:56:18 PM

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i showed the pic up above its the one with silver springs and blue adjusters u can get from maximummotorsports 50resto upr stangsuspension

and they usualy reccomed a new k to reduce weight but its not needed to to the swap just recomended

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