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12-02-2006, 12:14 AM
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Lowering Suggestions
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#2 (I Wish I Could Lope Like A tC)
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Pineville/Alexandria
State: Louisiana
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Im lookin to get some lowering spring within the next couple days...How much of a drop should i go for and can you post some suggested site...thanks...also i got another local guy from here that said he would join...he also has a 95 mustang gt..
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Mods - Off Road H w/ Flowmaster 40s and 3" x 22" Tips, Shiftkit, Shorties, and 4.10s
Soon to come - UDPs, Off Road X-Pipe, A/T Cooler, and 03' Cobra Rims
Club - Tha Crew Leader of Muscle Car Division
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12-02-2006, 12:49 PM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Posts: 12,414
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How much of a drop are you wanting?
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12-02-2006, 09:04 PM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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#2 (I Wish I Could Lope Like A tC)
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Pineville/Alexandria
State: Louisiana
Posts: 1,265
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i want my car to be as low as yours... i like that stance
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(Project "TORQUE")
Mods - Off Road H w/ Flowmaster 40s and 3" x 22" Tips, Shiftkit, Shorties, and 4.10s
Soon to come - UDPs, Off Road X-Pipe, A/T Cooler, and 03' Cobra Rims
Club - Tha Crew Leader of Muscle Car Division
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12-02-2006, 10:00 PM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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postarama
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: Southaven
State: Mississippi
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You are both going to need shocks/struts and caster/camber plates in order to drive the car for any decent amount of time that low. Also, go ahead and set aside some money for a good alignment.
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12-03-2006, 04:13 AM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
Posts: 5,170
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And beware of bumps.  |
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12-03-2006, 01:06 PM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
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My cars got a 2" drop, maybe more. I used the H&R supersport springs... they run about 230 bucks from stangsuspension.com. If you're as low as me, you're going to need caster camber plates to get your alignment corrected since your stock plates wont adjust anywhere near the correct amount. You'll want shocks/struts too that can deal with the higher spring rate that the springs will give you. I think I spent around 650 bucks on my whole lowering experience with the shocks/struts, springs, and c/c plates.... so its not too bad, just make sure you do it right so you're not buying tires every few months with the terrible camber 
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12-03-2006, 01:07 PM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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You want to **** me?
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
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bumps arent too bad... I never scrape on anything but thats because I have an O/R midpipe, so no cats hanging down.
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12-03-2006, 07:11 PM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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Stangless
Join Date: Jul 2006
City: Flat Top Mtn
State: Tennessee
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I have to watch for bumps in anything non four wheel drive,kinda take em like a desert racer on the dirt roads. |
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12-03-2006, 07:33 PM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
Posts: 27,124
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basically you can lower your car to a nice level, sure you wish it would be lower but you can still actually drive your car with out issues. Then you can go to low and run into issues. You just have to decide if you can live with the consequences of lowering it more than 1.5 inches. Go to maximum motorsports for springs unless you want to go cheap with C springs from ford for a 1 inch drop all around.
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MGW Shifter, Stingers, JLT, SS Inserts, MM FLSFC & CC Plates, SS Lines, H&R Race springs, IRS Brace, MRT Hood Struts
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12-04-2006, 07:33 AM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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#2 (I Wish I Could Lope Like A tC)
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Pineville/Alexandria
State: Louisiana
Posts: 1,265
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i think after reading all this i think i wanna go with 1.25 - 1.5 drop... also i dont know a whole lot about the plates and stuff because im just kinda gettin into the suspension part of performance so if someone could help me out by explaining some of this stuff it would be greatly appriciated
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(Project "TORQUE")
Mods - Off Road H w/ Flowmaster 40s and 3" x 22" Tips, Shiftkit, Shorties, and 4.10s
Soon to come - UDPs, Off Road X-Pipe, A/T Cooler, and 03' Cobra Rims
Club - Tha Crew Leader of Muscle Car Division
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12-04-2006, 08:06 AM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
Posts: 27,124
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well caster camber plates basically allow you to adjust the strut shaft in or out or forward or backward. The shaft comes up through the CC plates and the plates are bolted to the strut tower. Since the strut is bolted to the spindle which also part of where the wheel mounts by altering the strut shaft angle you alter how the tire is aligned with the frame of the car.
the other end of the spindle is bolted to the A Arm as well. You can pull the top of the tire in or push it out or shift it forward or back to meet your alignment needs for proper tire wear or what ever you are wanting.
MM cc plates have 4 bolts (strongest ive seen) and allow for you to flip the top plate for more of less camber (the place where the strut comes through is off center allowing you to flip it side to side for more adjustment if needed) no other does this. You can also raise the strut shaft so the same amount of the strut shaft goes into the strut as before. If you didnt do this and you lower the car more of the strut shaft will go into the strut body due to you raised the strut body upward and the shaft has no where else to go.
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2003 REDFIRE COBRA #3938 of 5082 @ 05/27/2003 1 of 414
MGW Shifter, Stingers, JLT, SS Inserts, MM FLSFC & CC Plates, SS Lines, H&R Race springs, IRS Brace, MRT Hood Struts
ME.com Member #29 - 400rwhp/380rwtq
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12-04-2006, 08:29 AM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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#2 (I Wish I Could Lope Like A tC)
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Pineville/Alexandria
State: Louisiana
Posts: 1,265
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thanks... i didnt understand how it all worked..still kinda in the dark about it but that helped out alot.. thanks
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(Project "TORQUE")
Mods - Off Road H w/ Flowmaster 40s and 3" x 22" Tips, Shiftkit, Shorties, and 4.10s
Soon to come - UDPs, Off Road X-Pipe, A/T Cooler, and 03' Cobra Rims
Club - Tha Crew Leader of Muscle Car Division
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12-04-2006, 11:00 AM
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Re: Lowering Suggestions
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
Posts: 27,124
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basically when you drop a car with the stock CC plates the tire stick in more (to much negative camber aka top of the tire is to far inside the fender well and bottom of the tire is to far outside) and this wears the inside of the tire. CC plates allow you to push the strut shaft in/out to adjust the tire in/out so you wear your tires correctly by pushing the top of the tire out and pulling the bottom of the tire in.
The stock CC plates offer no adjustment so you just live with it if you dont have CC plates. There are getto things you can do but just buy CC plates.
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2003 REDFIRE COBRA #3938 of 5082 @ 05/27/2003 1 of 414
MGW Shifter, Stingers, JLT, SS Inserts, MM FLSFC & CC Plates, SS Lines, H&R Race springs, IRS Brace, MRT Hood Struts
ME.com Member #29 - 400rwhp/380rwtq
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