Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on May 19, 2013, 10:59:20 PM
Post by: ramair351 on May 19, 2013, 10:59:20 PM
well, i installed the rear springs from a 99 mustang in the rear today, it actually brought the car down to near level. i can put a 3 foot level on top of the door mld and its still got just a slight tic up in the rear, just right. thay are so jacked up from the factory. I like it now.
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn27/ramair351/null-21.jpg) (http://s300.photobucket.com/user/ramair351/media/null-21.jpg.html)
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn27/ramair351/null-21.jpg) (http://s300.photobucket.com/user/ramair351/media/null-21.jpg.html)
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: STANG8U on May 20, 2013, 12:38:33 AM
Post by: STANG8U on May 20, 2013, 12:38:33 AM
looks good these cars sit way to high in the rear
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: TOM Renzo on May 20, 2013, 05:19:00 AM
Post by: TOM Renzo on May 20, 2013, 05:19:00 AM
Good height!!!
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on May 20, 2013, 07:32:10 AM
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on May 20, 2013, 07:32:10 AM
99 Mustang? Cool. I gotta get some of those. I've got 01 GT springs in the front now and that brought the front down perfect, but the rear is WAY too high now.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: Tbird-fanatic on May 20, 2013, 08:08:46 AM
Post by: Tbird-fanatic on May 20, 2013, 08:08:46 AM
Yours is the exact opposite of mine, mine sits front high and thats with new rear springs and shocks with old stuff up front.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: jcassity on May 20, 2013, 09:59:48 AM
Post by: jcassity on May 20, 2013, 09:59:48 AM
not sure i agree on this, the lowering pics do look great.
i find it not so appealing when you see some cars going down the road though with the rear end wayyyyy low because of rear seat passangers or perhaps there are just groceries in the trunk.
a car should be capable of being loaded down "within reason" without effecting the rear ride height.
on out 20th coug and 88bird sport, we added those dog bone rubber spacers to the rear coil springs just to get the rear level with the front.
ive never considered lowering all the way around though, i suppose id does work out well when your never off concrete with your ride.
i find it not so appealing when you see some cars going down the road though with the rear end wayyyyy low because of rear seat passangers or perhaps there are just groceries in the trunk.
a car should be capable of being loaded down "within reason" without effecting the rear ride height.
on out 20th coug and 88bird sport, we added those dog bone rubber spacers to the rear coil springs just to get the rear level with the front.
ive never considered lowering all the way around though, i suppose id does work out well when your never off concrete with your ride.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on May 20, 2013, 11:16:32 PM
Post by: ramair351 on May 20, 2013, 11:16:32 PM
Quote from: jcassity;415587
not sure i agree on this, the lowering pics do look great.
i find it not so appealing when you see some cars going down the road though with the rear end wayyyyy low because of rear seat passangers or perhaps there are just groceries in the trunk.
a car should be capable of being loaded down "within reason" without effecting the rear ride height.
on out 20th coug and 88bird sport, we added those dog bone rubber spacers to the rear coil springs just to get the rear level with the front.
ive never considered lowering all the way around though, i suppose id does work out well when your never off concrete with your ride.
i cant say what it will look like loaded. i just drive this car back and forth to work really, it never carries anyone but me. my wife hates it, says it rides too ruff. but she said that even before i lowered it!
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: bryan163 on May 20, 2013, 11:24:58 PM
Post by: bryan163 on May 20, 2013, 11:24:58 PM
I have the same springs in the rear. I used a coil-over sleeve kit up front.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: FirstBird on May 20, 2013, 11:59:26 PM
Post by: FirstBird on May 20, 2013, 11:59:26 PM
So its just 99' stang springs and stock turbocoupe shocks or?
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: bryan163 on May 21, 2013, 12:07:55 AM
Post by: bryan163 on May 21, 2013, 12:07:55 AM
You can use the mustang springs with the the stock shocks.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: FirstBird on May 21, 2013, 01:15:33 AM
Post by: FirstBird on May 21, 2013, 01:15:33 AM
Are they gt or 6 cylinder springs...is there a difference?
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: jcassity on May 21, 2013, 09:43:41 AM
Post by: jcassity on May 21, 2013, 09:43:41 AM
great looking car by the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!! top shelf stuff there!
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on May 21, 2013, 12:20:30 PM
Post by: ramair351 on May 21, 2013, 12:20:30 PM
yes so far all i have is stock turbocoupe suspension, with 99 mustang v6 springs in the rear. i have the mustang front springs, but it would make the car too low for the 225-60-16 tires, i would have to drop a size
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: 83TB on May 21, 2013, 05:58:22 PM
Post by: 83TB on May 21, 2013, 05:58:22 PM
looks good
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on May 21, 2013, 09:52:30 PM
Post by: ramair351 on May 21, 2013, 09:52:30 PM
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn27/ramair351/null.jpg) (http://s300.photobucket.com/user/ramair351/media/null.jpg.html)
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: TOM Renzo on May 22, 2013, 05:01:02 AM
Post by: TOM Renzo on May 22, 2013, 05:01:02 AM
[color="royalblue"]T[SIZE="7"][/SIZE]hat is a clean nice car!!!![/color]
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: 1BadBird on May 22, 2013, 09:21:02 AM
Post by: 1BadBird on May 22, 2013, 09:21:02 AM
Quote from: TOM Renzo;415766
That is a clean nice car!!!!
:iagree: :cheers:
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: 86cougar on May 23, 2013, 03:58:45 PM
Post by: 86cougar on May 23, 2013, 03:58:45 PM
Looks good!
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2013, 05:28:31 PM
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2013, 05:28:31 PM
Do stock shocks work fine with those springs? I use air shocks on the back, and wonder if I would be able to keep them.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on May 23, 2013, 06:25:24 PM
Post by: ramair351 on May 23, 2013, 06:25:24 PM
my car still has the original E7S rear shocks on it. seems to work fine, i havent noticed any bottoming out yet
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2013, 06:39:20 PM
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2013, 06:39:20 PM
I'm in. Looking for springs.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on May 23, 2013, 10:09:42 PM
Post by: ramair351 on May 23, 2013, 10:09:42 PM
the springs i used were just some plain old v6 1999 mustang springs i had left over when i lowered my mustang a few years ago. so you should be able to find some dirt cheap in the boneyard.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2013, 11:24:35 PM
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2013, 11:24:35 PM
No Stangs around here.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: bryan163 on May 24, 2013, 10:39:20 PM
Post by: bryan163 on May 24, 2013, 10:39:20 PM
I got mine on ebay
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: vinnietbird on May 26, 2013, 09:02:56 PM
Post by: vinnietbird on May 26, 2013, 09:02:56 PM
I just dropped an offer for some SN-95 Mustang convertible springs.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: FirstBird on May 26, 2013, 09:41:24 PM
Post by: FirstBird on May 26, 2013, 09:41:24 PM
So since you can use v6 or v8 springs in the back. Can you run sn95 springs on the front? Asking because i have a lead on a nice set of v6 springs.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on May 26, 2013, 10:00:54 PM
Post by: ramair351 on May 26, 2013, 10:00:54 PM
i have heard you can run the mustang springs in front, but it gets really low, probably have to run a tire under 26" tall.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: vinnietbird on May 27, 2013, 06:47:39 AM
Post by: vinnietbird on May 27, 2013, 06:47:39 AM
I do have SN-95 springs up front. They work great, not too low. I have 255 40 17's up front, zero issues at all.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: Pro SC on May 29, 2013, 11:05:47 AM
Post by: Pro SC on May 29, 2013, 11:05:47 AM
That is a perfect ride height, looks really nice!
The 99 stangs have a lot of good parts to rob if you ever find one at a pick a part. The 4r70w trans from a 1999 and up V6 Mustang is a good trans to put behind a 5.0. I also love the dash in those cars.
The 99 stangs have a lot of good parts to rob if you ever find one at a pick a part. The 4r70w trans from a 1999 and up V6 Mustang is a good trans to put behind a 5.0. I also love the dash in those cars.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on June 08, 2013, 01:46:16 PM
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on June 08, 2013, 01:46:16 PM
Inspired, I went to LKQ today and picked up a pair of 03 Mustang rear springs. $32.25 out the door, up to the shop and...
The front looks higher, but it's all in your head. The front tires are 3 sizes smaller (temporarily) so the wheel well looks higher, it's just less full.
2001 V8 springs front (new), 2003 V8 springs rear (used).
The front looks higher, but it's all in your head. The front tires are 3 sizes smaller (temporarily) so the wheel well looks higher, it's just less full.
2001 V8 springs front (new), 2003 V8 springs rear (used).
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: vinnietbird on June 08, 2013, 03:29:11 PM
Post by: vinnietbird on June 08, 2013, 03:29:11 PM
How's the ride quality with the lowered rear?
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on June 08, 2013, 03:31:32 PM
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on June 08, 2013, 03:31:32 PM
The spring rate is about the same, so I couldn't really tell; except I didn't feel like I was going to slide forward out of my seat anymore.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: ramair351 on June 08, 2013, 09:21:16 PM
Post by: ramair351 on June 08, 2013, 09:21:16 PM
It rides a little firmer with the mustang rears, i know what you mean about wondering if it was too low in the back, but the wheel wells are smaller in the rear so its an illusion, i put a 4 foot level on my body side mldgs, and it still had a slight rake towards the front
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: vinnietbird on June 08, 2013, 10:46:07 PM
Post by: vinnietbird on June 08, 2013, 10:46:07 PM
My SN-95 vert springs should be here Monday.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on June 09, 2013, 01:31:01 PM
Post by: TheFoeYouKnow on June 09, 2013, 01:31:01 PM
Drove the car more than just straight today, all I can say is that a slightly stiffer, lower rear as worth at least as much as a slightly stiffer lower front. Cornering much better.
Title: kinda lowered the TC today
Post by: Chuck W on June 09, 2013, 02:34:31 PM
Post by: Chuck W on June 09, 2013, 02:34:31 PM
The V6 94-04 rear springs are a linear rate, and not progressive, so you might be feeling that. I'd have to dig up the numbers, but I don't recall the overall spring rate being any higher on the V6 stuff, just not as soft initially.