i'm looking to lower my car CHEAPLY. i want to not only lower it, but give it a much better stance. i want like 1.5 in the rear, and 1-1.3 in the front.
i also want to get rid of the goddamn plowing understeer that plagues this car. i want the car to ride stiffer, feel more of the road.
i'm looking at steeda ultralites, eibach pro-kit, and the ford racing ones.
ALSO,
what about wheel spacers? i want the rears to stick out maybe an inch/half inch further, give it more of a natural stance when its lowered. any ideas?
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This is mine with the stock 17's and Ford racing springs. Just perfect for me. I didn't want to go too low knowing I was getting 20's but even now Sportlines would still be good.
Youll find a lot of info on here, I ve got some pics of before and after shots at the car domain site below. but since I have side exhaust the frpp springs were 2 inches low and I had to take them off ,sell them and get steeda spring. still low in the back but better. See Taco bills how to change the springs. I cant tell you about the eibach's cause I hant tried them. One thing I will tell you is It starts with springs and rolls into a lot of stuff trying to get it all balanced back out. Sometimes when you lower one of these the axle shifts (outward towards driver side) then you have to get a adj panhard bar then your LCA are leaning the wrong way etc etc etc. Its a fun but exspensive chase. I' ll try to get some good pics of the steeda springs on there. but I have got shots with a ruler of before and after frpp springs.
hope this helps a little I have become addicted to modding........ send more money please!!! Stock wheels at first then 19 x 295 x 35 by 9.5 inch rims they stick out a wee bit but do not rub wheel spacers depend probably on your offset and depth of your rims dont they?
I have the Eibach springs 1.5 rear and 1.3 fronts I believe ,and this is with 20" wheels but overall tire height is 27" and that leaves me with a 2" gap at the center of the wheel opening . Here they are.
ford racing springs. If you want the rims to stick out some, then get wider rims. A spacer is a bad idea.
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whipple HO SC,FRPP springs, Pypes mid mufflers, Che adj. LCA, hurst, 4.10's, 1 piece DS, spec stg 2 clutch. Accel coils 12.52@117.6mph so far with a 2.01 60 ft time(pre shaft, coils, clutch).
Yes, stock paint but you are not the first to ask but dont laugh to hard that I wash with Polmolive dish soap .LOL Alao in my first post said that I have a 2' gap but I just remembered thats becouse there is no motor, trans, or exhaust inthe car so that might not be acurate. It was all installed in the pics.
Stiffer rear swaybar will fix the understeer in a jiffy.
really? seems like you'd have to change something in the front, you know? like upon turn in how the front wheels plow, that would fix that? who sells them? any particular one you'd reccomend?
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i'll get a pic for you tomorrow...well later today, of my car with the FRPPs. Looking at my car from the rear, I was following my brother while we swapped cars for a day, and besides drooling at my car's ass, I noticed the tires look spread enough for me.
I don't feel much understeer, if at all, now. Car rides "fun" now, but literally goes airborne on the speed bumbs in front of Best Buy at only like 5-10mph. The bumpstops to frame clearance at rear is only like 3/4in, so you really feel the bumps in the road. This summer I'm working a lot to get some shocks. I'm leaning on d-specs but i dunno if I want to fork out the money. I'll see what it comes down to in a couple months.
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I noticed you have the Cervini's Side Exhausts... I just got them put on my mustang, do you have "Rubbing" or Ground Clearance problems? I have 16" rims and tires, and it seems like they RUB all the time (pipes under the car rubs)... I am looking at getting 20" rims and tires to help solve the problem, as right now I would guess I have 2" of ground clearance on the pipes themselves...
Hi there, have you made a decision on your springs yet? BMR springs are specifically designed to provide optimal handling without sacrificing ride quality. The front springs are progressive wound to provide variable rates. The soft portion of the progressive winding maintains near OE ride quality. When the suspension is loaded during aggressive cornering, the springs enter into the stiffer portion of the spring. We have designed additional spring rate into this portion of the spring.The rear springs are linear wound with the same proven spring rate as OE. Part number SP009 will lower the front 1.25" and the rear 1.5", "levelling" the car. The part number is SP009 for both front and rear $229.95 per set of four.BMR provides a lifetime warranty against spring sag. Let me know if you have any further questions.
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