hello, am looking at lowering my 99 cobra vert and was talking online to the guys at stangsuspension.com and right when i asked which springs they recomend the "operator" told me he will not recomend any because my shocks and struts are completely worm and i would have to replace those at the same time. he told me that the 99-01 shocks are complete garbage and only last 3 years/30,000 miles. my car has 40,000 on it currently. my question is do i have to spend an extra $500 to get shocks/struts just because i want to lower my car safely!? i have never heard this before, is he just trying to get me to spend more money or can i just put springs on and have the car lowered like i originally wanted? sorry for the long post, but i am a little ticked off and confused right now after that chat with him... thanks!
lowering springs w/stock shocks/struts??
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You can technically lower your car with stock shocks/struts, but the ride quality will not be there and the stock parts will not hold up near as long as they should. Your best bet is buying a set of quality shocks/struts like Tokico, Koni, etc and put those on when or shortly after you lower your car.
Or pick up some 03/04 bilsteins. they are a good if you are not wanting to spend a lot of money for new shocks/struts
i just did shocks and struts with mine with my spring install as well as a bumpsteer kit and offset bushings. I mean since your there you might as well do the struts and from what iv herd it is recommended.
I found that getting the non adj tokikos was a lot cheaper than go bilsteins, used or not.
^ well I found a steal. I got 03/04 bilstein's from a 04 cobra w/ 14k miles for 175 bucks for front and rear. I mean who would pass that up lol
That is a steal! I think I paid around that for my tokikos.
where did you pick up the tokikos for that price?? stangsuspension has front/rears for just over $300... lmk
I bought them new off of ebay for around $280, I thought it was around $180 but I was wrong. Now I remember that I paid $500+ for my springs and shocks/struts. Sorry about that.
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