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Technical => Suspension/Steering => Topic started by: OfficerJoseph on January 06, 2014, 01:24:27 AM

Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: OfficerJoseph on January 06, 2014, 01:24:27 AM
I got a free Eibach sportline kit for a Mustang and threw it on my Sport, and I love the way the front sits but the rear sags too much...

(http://i.imgur.com/eqGI9ya.jpg)


(http://i.imgur.com/CD0yHrC.jpg)

I was thinking I'd try and just run a coil booster or something to keep it cheap.

Its close, I'd just like it about and inch higher in the rear....
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: STANG8U on January 06, 2014, 01:39:38 PM
Sweet I just put mine in the weeds to

Did you use isolators ?

I used 2 in the rear and 1 up front and its close I should have used 2 out back and none up front
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: OfficerJoseph on January 06, 2014, 04:37:55 PM
I used one in front and one in back, I think I'm going to try and put another in the rear and see if I like it better, but it is really close. Just an extra half inch to an inch in the rear and it would be perfect.
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: STANG8U on January 06, 2014, 08:22:59 PM
We have different springs but after settling the car it's even

(http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y445/sawuoff909/BC40F360-8067-4604-997A-0F89378DB66D_zpsmi3gqomt.jpg) (http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/sawuoff909/media/BC40F360-8067-4604-997A-0F89378DB66D_zpsmi3gqomt.jpg.html)
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: OfficerJoseph on January 06, 2014, 08:50:05 PM
That car looks sick dude!

I'm hoping mine settles like that...
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: STANG8U on January 06, 2014, 09:12:33 PM
Thanks ..... The ten holes gotta go though
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: OfficerJoseph on January 06, 2014, 09:24:31 PM
I dunno man, but I've always had a weakness for the black ten holes with the chrome centers...

But maybe thats because I had a Crown Vic with the black steelies and chrome caps
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: STANG8U on January 06, 2014, 10:17:37 PM
Well they looked like poo when the car was a 4x4 but there growing on me now

But I also went from cobra R's to bigs and littles to ten holes lol
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: vinnietbird on January 06, 2014, 10:32:21 PM
I need to have an honest answer.....when the car sits THAT low, how is the ride? Mine is two inches lower and rides like it always has with the stock springs, but takes corners better. I have 1999 SN-95 springs on mine....and I can still take a speed bump or train track without fear. I am curious to know the ride feel  on your cars that really sit low.
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: vinnietbird on January 06, 2014, 10:33:54 PM
This is before I put the rest of it together, but the ride height is the same.....

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc205/Vinnietbird/1456632_770834209599541_1731769548_n.jpg) (http://s216.photobucket.com/user/Vinnietbird/media/1456632_770834209599541_1731769548_n.jpg.html)
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: OfficerJoseph on January 06, 2014, 10:44:18 PM
Honestly? It kinda rides like poo.... Haha

Its rather bouncy and speed bumps are a challenge, but that's the price to pay...
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: STANG8U on January 06, 2014, 11:13:27 PM
I have progressive springs and it rides good with the stock prc's

I will upgrade to kyb's cc plates and bump steer later
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: Beau on January 07, 2014, 02:32:09 AM
It seems like the Fox Mustang low springs tend to ride a little harsher in the Birds/Cats. If you want some ed good low springs, I think it's either Mach 1 or Bullitt springs from the '04 and older cars. Thunderchicken here had one set or the other on his '88 car and it was pretty sweet.

I'm like Vinnie, I've got late late 90's springs under mine too, but mine isn't quite as low. I also used ALL the isolators from Energy Susension, to that probably put .5 to one full inch of height back in there, though.
I'd take 'em out, but I've had my fill of suspension work till warmer weather.
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: vinnietbird on January 07, 2014, 06:40:40 AM
I like the springs I have. It allows the car to be very comfortable and functional, while still sitting a couple of inches lower. I can't have a harsh ride for the sake of lowering. Liek I said, I gotta be able to take a speed bump or dips in the road without having to come to a near stop. That would seem to get very old, really quick.
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: flylear45 on January 07, 2014, 07:59:43 AM
Yeah, the roads around here are hard on a low car. I had a Porsche 944 turbo for a few years when I was younger, and it was a pain a lot of the time. I had to angle across any little speed bump. I couldn't even get a floor jack under it to lift it.

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Now that I'm old and soft I like a little ride height and suspension travel.

That said, if the back was brought up a bit on the OP's car it would look pretty good!
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: OfficerJoseph on January 07, 2014, 09:21:39 AM
Well I'm still young! Haha

Im trying to get a bigger isolator in the rear to bring it up about 3/4" and then I'll love it.

Its pretty hard to have a low car here too, but I love the lines on these cars and the way they look slammed.
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: STANG8U on January 07, 2014, 02:16:51 PM
Yes they look Awsome slammed
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: Beau on January 07, 2014, 11:37:14 PM
Those 944's are pretty nice rides...friend of mine has a couple of 'em...neither are the Turbo, but the second one he got is an S model...my Sport will easily take him off the line (up to about 80 mph) but when it comes to a corner, there's no contest. Those things simply turn and go on with no drama. And my Thunderbird has some goodies, and has been on a diet, to boot. Unreal...lol.

OP, try the Energy Suspension poly isolators..that ought to get you close to where you want to be...or even find a pair of SN95 rear springs and see how those work, both without and with the isolators...
Title: Eibach kt on my '88 Sport
Post by: STANG8U on January 07, 2014, 11:42:24 PM
Yea I used new energy's in the rear and a new old one up front