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<blockquote data-quote="SlowSVT" data-source="post: 9039353" data-attributes="member: 20202"><p>Maximum motorsports coilover kit is an excellent choice. Everything I have seen of theirs is very will engineered. You should have no problem installing the hardware. You might want to rent a coil spring compressor but be very careful working with a compressed spring. Get in. compress it, get it out the car and remove the compressor tool. You will understand why as you crank down on the spring compressor. Some do it just using a jack under the A-arm removing the strut tower nut and lowering the jack but once you do that you are committed with a 600 lb/in compressed spring arching out of the spring pocket. If it goes "BOING!" while your working under there check and make sure your arm is still mounted in your shoulder socket. You will have no problems with the installation working with simple hand tools.</p><p></p><p>What you were told about the Ford Mustang (SN95 and fox chassis) not being designed for coilovers is the fact the shock towers were never intended to carry the weight of the car (the rest of it is fine). This topic was discussed in-depth on Corner Carvers a while ago. There are some pretty sharp guys on there. There was a lot of "back and forth" regarding any pitfalls with running coilovers on these cars with lots of calculations. One guy stated that his wife jumped a curb and the strut punched a hole right thru the shock tower. But in the end they came to the conclusion that coilovers are OK and the shock towers should not pose a big problem other then something extreme happening.</p><p></p><p>I would also invest in a set of MM 4 hole camber plates to help spread the load more evenly over the stock 3 hole plates. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlowSVT, post: 9039353, member: 20202"] Maximum motorsports coilover kit is an excellent choice. Everything I have seen of theirs is very will engineered. You should have no problem installing the hardware. You might want to rent a coil spring compressor but be very careful working with a compressed spring. Get in. compress it, get it out the car and remove the compressor tool. You will understand why as you crank down on the spring compressor. Some do it just using a jack under the A-arm removing the strut tower nut and lowering the jack but once you do that you are committed with a 600 lb/in compressed spring arching out of the spring pocket. If it goes "BOING!" while your working under there check and make sure your arm is still mounted in your shoulder socket. You will have no problems with the installation working with simple hand tools. What you were told about the Ford Mustang (SN95 and fox chassis) not being designed for coilovers is the fact the shock towers were never intended to carry the weight of the car (the rest of it is fine). This topic was discussed in-depth on Corner Carvers a while ago. There are some pretty sharp guys on there. There was a lot of "back and forth" regarding any pitfalls with running coilovers on these cars with lots of calculations. One guy stated that his wife jumped a curb and the strut punched a hole right thru the shock tower. But in the end they came to the conclusion that coilovers are OK and the shock towers should not pose a big problem other then something extreme happening. I would also invest in a set of MM 4 hole camber plates to help spread the load more evenly over the stock 3 hole plates. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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