What are you lowered on?

[NASCAR5.0]

Post some pics of your setups, and how you like it.

A big concern for me is how lowering my car will affect my times at the strip, I will probably not do it if I will have worse 60ft times and launches.
This is also a daily driver and I go over quite a bit of speedbumps and I dont want any noises or creaks.
I would really hate to ruin a great suspension from the factory and make it worse, because the car handles great already.

I want a small drop about 1-1.5 inches for appearance, I'm considering the Steeda Sports and Roush Springs with most likely the Koni STR.T shocks/struts and GT500 strut mounts.

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

I've got the steeda sports and adjustable koni's on mine and it's nice. very comfortable for daily driving. very little nose dive under braking, very little squatting when accelrating too ... it just goes.

more controllable when pushed to it's limits too. It was the setup that sam strano recommended for daily driving and adjustability if tracking it. If I didn't plan on taking it on a couple of race days, I'd have gotten the STR.T's.

 

[NASCAR5.0]

wow! that looks absolutely beautiful. you are one hell of a photographer as well!
When you say "track" the car is that at a road course or 1/4? What sort of adjustability do the shocks provide, ride height, softness/firmness?

 

[DTRAIN_WV]

Wow, are those HDR shots or some kind of PS effect?

 

[SicShelby09]

Lowered on FRPP K springs.

 

[NASCAR5.0]

sicshelby are you using only springs, no shocks?

Any need for adjustable panhard bars? you guys get alignments, if so was everything in spec?

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

wow! that looks absolutely beautiful. you are one hell of a photographer as well!
When you say "track" the car is that at a road course or 1/4? What sort of adjustability do the shocks provide, ride height, softness/firmness?

Thanks man. I haven't taken it down the 1/4 yet. I enjoy road course racing. A group of guys I hang out with will rent out the Talledega grand prix track a couple of times a year. I think next trip is in October. I missed the one in May.

shocks/strut have a dial on the top that you can turn to adjust the firmness. You'd need coilovers to adjust ride height on the fly.

Wow, are those HDR shots or some kind of PS effect?

Yup. 3 autobracketed shots compiled in Photomatix 4 then cropped/tweaked/color graded/etc in Lightroom 3.

 

[DTRAIN_WV]

That's amazing

 

[SicShelby09]

sicshelby are you using only springs, no shocks?

Any need for adjustable panhard bars? you guys get alignments, if so was everything in spec?

Springs only. And its the best ride I have ever had in a mustang. Soft like stock, but no more body roll and very little brake dive. Its like the car should have came with them. I had eibach pros on my 09 GT500 and those springs were so stiff and bouncy it totally ruined the ride of the car and turned the interior into a rattle trap. The K springs make the car ride firm, not stiff. No more floating like stock. And I did not install the adjustable panhard. My rear looks pretty nice, but I do think it could get adjusted a little. In other words I can tell the rear shifted over, but not enough to bother me.

 

[SC2011GT]

I used the Roush springs, stock struts/shocks. No need for adjustable panhard bar, rear end was off by .04" which is probably as good or better as it sat stock. Front needed a small camber adjustment, and quite a bit of toe taken out.

 

[NASCAR5.0]

I used the Roush springs, stock struts/shocks. No need for adjustable panhard bar, rear end was off by .04" which is probably as good or better as it sat stock. Front needed a small camber adjustment, and quite a bit of toe taken out.

hows the ride compared to stock, are you happy with them? do you plan on doing the struts/shocks in the future? any pics?

 

[Bad Intention]

My car has Eibach Pro Kit. I've cut at few 1.60 60'

 

[Turbosixx]

These are FRPP K Springs, stock shocks/struts. I need to find a set to 19's to really set the car off.

 

[NASCAR5.0]

i assume since you guys have drag setups you have done a couple 1/4 runs. do you guys have any other mods to the suspension, like control arms or anything like that? do the tires rub at all when launching hard?

 

[NASCAR5.0]

how do the pro kits ride? are you on stock shocks/struts?

 

[PhantomX]

Eibach pro kit. Great ride, better handling. Love them.

SicShelby love the brembos on the CS edition. Looks great!

 

[NASCAR5.0]

Eibach pro kit. Great ride, better handling. Love them.

SicShelby love the brembos on the CS edition. Looks great!

are you guys running the 2011-12 specific eibach pro kit? where did you order?

 

[Turbosixx]

i assume since you guys have drag setups you have done a couple 1/4 runs. do you guys have any other mods to the suspension, like control arms or anything like that? do the tires rub at all when launching hard?

All stock suspension. 1.60 60'

 

[Swoope]

Thanks man. I haven't taken it down the 1/4 yet. I enjoy road course racing. A group of guys I hang out with will rent out the Talledega grand prix track a couple of times a year. I think next trip is in October. I missed the one in May.

shocks/strut have a dial on the top that you can turn to adjust the firmness. You'd need coilovers to adjust ride height on the fly.



Yup. 3 autobracketed shots compiled in Photomatix 4 then cropped/tweaked/color graded/etc in Lightroom 3.

photos look great, but the first makes the rear look high.. the second gets the drop right.. very well done.

i have about 6hrs on little talladega in my rx8. you have set the car up well for it. go have fun..:burnout:

beers:beer:

 

[PhantomX]

are you guys running the 2011-12 specific eibach pro kit? where did you order?

Yes it was specific to the 11-12. Just put a set on a buddies car and he's real happy as well. Hopefully he will pop in and post a pic of his ride which is gorgeous:rockon: