Hello r3dn3ck,
I took your advice and contacted MM's techline. The guy I spoke to seemed to be the most knowledgeable person I spoke with yet (outside of you folks here of course). He stated that he has personally lowered and tried almost all the different spring combinations on the market and spoke with individuals who have tried the various combinations out there. Without going into all the technical details he basically backed up everything you said. He stated that the mustangs have very very little suspension travel. He said that most individuals who don't know what they are doing go out and drop their car 2 inches or more to get that low look but take out all the suspension travel and have a terrible ride with poor handling. Despite the name, which makes you think these springs are extremely aggressive, he recommended the HR race springs. He said he swore these would give me everything I wanted for a street driven car. They lower the car roughly 1.25 in front and back. His next recommendation was the standard Bilstein HD shocks, the MM caster camber plates (which I already have) and lastly a set of subframe connectors.
These he said were very important and advised installing them before the new springs and shocks. He said with the uniframe body's they flex a lot. An example is when you bend thin metal back and fourth. It gets weaker as you bend it and then breaks. These connectors strengthen and reinforce the chassis apparantly. He said they have to be welded on and shops usually charge 2 hours for the job. These connectors are mm part number mmfl-3pc and sell for 149.00. the (pc) stands for powder coat, which can be substituted for (b) bare metal if desired. He gave me a part number of the package deal less the subframe connectors and mm- cc plates for a total of 956.00 that includes shipping charges. Oh, one other thing he said that the mustangs do not need any of those bump steer products as companies just try to sell you that stuff to make money and is not needed in most cases despite any of the lowering levels chosen.
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Originally Posted by r3dn3ck
if you're going with the SS springs then you should check with MM and see if their Sport spec Bilsteins would be more appropriate. Correct valving on your shocks and struts will greatly increase your satisfaction. Be aware that the added drop comes at the cost of that last bit of real compliance so the ride will be about as rough as is streetable.
If you're worried about the drop, stay with the Sport springs and HD struts/shocks and just don't install the spring isolators. It'll give you that extra bit of drop you want and won't give you spring rates you don't want or need. That's the best way to get what you seem to want.
EDIT: parts list coming in a few minutes.
strut: V36-4138-H3
springs: 51650
shocks: BE5-6418-H0
plates: MMCC9994
All that retail advertised price comes to about 860 bones.
For the best you can get without much more significant changes:
MM COP-52 + MMPB99A. Cost is advertised at 1900, you can probably do better. It's everything you'll really ever want for a car that doesn't get raced.
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