I sold my 03 gt and got a brand new 02 gt (pics comming soon).....I need to get rid of that 4x4 look and decided when the time comes and i get the money that im going to order the Ford Racing "B" or "C" springs for my car. Because i use my stang as a daily and i dont want the car TOO LOW. lowering 1.25 inched is good enough for me.
My question is would i need to order the Front and rear spring isolators with the springs cause? I also want to order max motorsport Caster Camber plates to make sure everything is aligned properly
Get the spring isolators. It'll keep the creaking/vibration to a minimum. IMO Camber plates are a must. I lowered my car, and decided not to get camber plates initially. It settled to about an inch and a half drop and I start CHEWING through tires...would rather spend the money on camber plates then on tires LOL
Are they 100 percent needed when lowering the car? the stock shocks and struts only have 6500 miles on them. and yes...tires are a bit of a pain in the wallet to replace lol
Why buy anything? You aren't dropping that much. Try cutting 3/4 of a coil from the top of each front spring and 1/2 coil off the rear to start out. Cut another inch at a time to get where you want to be. I found 1 full coil gives me about 1.5" with no isos. Your GT may need more/less, we have 2 Machs. Reuse stock Iso from the top of the fronts on top of the cut rears. I deleted my front isos completely and no noise at all. Delete the rear lower to get another 1/4 inch drop.
We have one car with CC plates and one without. I did them to get an agressive autocross alignment. The other car drives straight n true too. They have a full coil cut from the fronts and rears. Be sure to trim the pinion snubber rubber too!
While its apart, I'd add poly front swaybar endlinks and bushings. A pair of Maximum Motorsports steering rack bushings too! If you want CC plates, they make nice ones.
I don't think I would get the CC plates. With only a 1.5" drop, you should be able to have it aligned within spec. Why pay the $200 or so for them?
You MIGHT be able to get away with the stock shocks/struts or you might not. It's a guessing game.
If you are installing yourself, I would just do the springs for now and drive like that til you get a reason to change other things. Just my opinion though.
I’m also going to install the MM bumpsteer kit while I’m at it. I chose the tapered stud because I don’t want to have to drill my spindle steering arm out to 5/8” http://www.maximummotorsports.com/st...roducts_id=451
I checked all the sites, and read up on a lot of different types. Don’t buy the cheap CC plates. We put a set of MAC CC plates on my son's 96 GT last year, and they keep going out of alignment. Granatelli, Summit Racing, BBK, even Steeda all use smaller allen key bolts for the camber adjustment. The MM plates appear to be more heavy duty with full size nuts and bolts for all adjustments. IMO
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