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Title: lakewood 70/30 or 90/10 fit 88 tbird?
Post by: 32VFoxBird on August 18, 2005, 11:30:58 PM

like the title says

i bought some mustang rear shocks, and found out they were too short. i just wanted to know if this is the case for the front struts.

btw- im talking about the 79-93 struts

or is it better to use the sn95's?

Title: Re: lakewood 70/30 or 90/10 fit 88 tbird?
Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on August 18, 2005, 11:59:07 PM

yes the fronts will work

Title: Re: lakewood 70/30 or 90/10 fit 88 tbird?
Post by: Sick88Tbird on August 19, 2005, 08:12:00 PM

Short answer, NO. Long answer, YES, BUT, you will have to run mustang gt/lx or turbo coupe front brakes...this is because of the difference in thicknesses of the spindles. The 3.8L and 5.0L t-birds as well as 4-cyl 'stangs all use the same front brakes and the spindles are too wide at the strut mounting point when compared to the turbo coupe or 'stang gt/lx spindles. IF you decided to swap out to the larger style brakes, PM me, I just did the upgrade a few months ago and could walk you through step by step.

Good luck,
Don

Title: Re: lakewood 70/30 or 90/10 fit 88 tbird?
Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on August 19, 2005, 09:59:25 PM

Quote from: Sick88Tbird

Short answer, NO. Long answer, YES, BUT, you will have to run mustang gt/lx or turbo coupe front brakes...this is because of the difference in thicknesses of the spindles. The 3.8L and 5.0L t-birds as well as 4-cyl 'stangs all use the same front brakes and the spindles are too wide at the strut mounting point when compared to the turbo coupe or 'stang gt/lx spindles. IF you decided to swap out to the larger style brakes, PM me, I just did the upgrade a few months ago and could walk you through step by step.

Good luck,
Don

lakewoods come with a set of shims for the narrower 5.0/3.8 spindles
or they used to :hick:

Title: Re: lakewood 70/30 or 90/10 fit 88 tbird?
Post by: Thunder Chicken on August 19, 2005, 10:05:04 PM

Mustang shocks can be made to fit with a simple modification to the mounting brackets. Here's a thread on the subject:

http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=2617 (http://"http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=2617")

Title: Re: lakewood 70/30 or 90/10 fit 88 tbird?
Post by: Sick88Tbird on August 21, 2005, 01:18:43 AM

Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87

lakewoods come with a set of shims for the narrower 5.0/3.8 spindles
or they used to :hick:

I see...I was unaware of that. :bowdown:
lol

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