What Koni yellow strut fits 11+ GT500s? I found some old threads that say the 05-10 Mustang v6/GT Koni yellows are the ones needed for the 11+ GT500, is this true?
Interested as well. A lot of places have a sale on KONI right now.
Yes, it's true. The '11+ GT has a different strut, but it's not the same strut mount as the GT500 for the same year. Order the '07-'10 struts. If you get the GT strut mount, you can mount the later struts.
^ This. I just installed Koni STR.T (Orange) stocks and struts last weekend. The rears are all the same, but you need the '07-'10 struts for the GT500 strut mount. Fit was perfect.
dont mean to hijack thread but i thought the question to be relevant. im going to be installing koni yellow shocks on the front with the stock springs. does anyone know if i can just guide the strut up into the shock tower and then jack up the control arm to compress the spring then put the nuts on? really want to avoid using a spring compressor if at all possible.
What made you go with the orange and not the yellows?
Been a few years since I did my spring swap, but going from memory...NO
That is not advisable. You have to use the spring compressor, it's not that bad really. If you were using a lowering spring and not the stock spring you wouldn't need a compressor. You have to put the whole assembly together before you put it back in car.
I could be wrong, but it's safer to do it right anyway.
I would. You're going to need a jounce bumper and an upper strut mount too. It would be cheaper to use your old parts.
I would. You're going to need a jounce bumper and an upper strut mount too. It would be cheaper to use your old parts.
I got new strut mounts but why would I need jounce bumpers? I thought the bumpers are already oem equipment on the svtpp cars?
Based on your comments above, it sounded like you wanted all new components or didn't want to dissemble the old strut assembly.
You can re-use the bumpers, isolator and dust boot, but you will have to dissemble the existing strut assembly to remove them. That means getting spring compressors or taking them to an auto parts store to help.