Got my springs and isos today, and I'm pretty stoked about finally lowering the car.

First though, I wondered if this walk through was a pretty accurate representation of what I need to do: http://mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/steedaspring1.htm


Secondly, if anyone has any tips on trouble spots to look out for I'd appreciate it. Am I right in thinking this is a pretty straightforward, but pain in the *** install?

 

lol. good luck young padawan.

 

correct me if im wrong but the sixxers dont have rear sways so it should be easy as u ****.. only main tip is to get zip ties/bungee cords to hold the caliper up.

 

I did mine the other way, I knocked out the lower ball joint rather than messing with the strut on the front.

Most the time on the rear, once you undo the shocks, you can almost pull the spring out, however, on mine I had to have someone else pull down on the rear while I pulled the spring out.

Just be carefull, springs are under a lot of tension, the front ones mostly, just make sure you slowly release the tension on the springs.

 

Correct no rear sway bar on the 6ers. I have one on mine but didnt need to touch it, I dropped the whole rear end when I did my suspension install.

Yeah, watch your brake lines and hang the calipers up like Stephen suggested.

 

I will add that when you lower either the front A arms or rear end when you go to swap springs, do it slowly so they will not pop out and hit you in the face.

 

Sweet thanks guys. I have some long zip ties I can use, and I'm not too worried about this. I'm doing the fronts and rears on different days since I'm busy and I don't want to rush it. Should I take it to an alignment shop afterwards? Probably?

 

get it aligned after the springs settle, so give it a week or so.

and im going to want to see some pics.lol

 

Just use an old wire coat hanger or something, doesn't have to be zip ties just whatever you have around. I waited 3 days to get mine aligned just because of scheduling issues but it wont take long for them to settle, the alignment wasn't terribly bad on mine after lowering it surprisingly.

 

That's what I thought till the insides of my tires were worn. Even though they said "its in spec" and it clearly never did this stock. Bunch of bullshit I tell you.

 

im still unaligned.

 

let me know how that goes and post pics! i wanna do the same soon.

 

its easy man, i had a buddy help me out on the rears and the fronts so.. i did the front myself, someone just showed me how to take caliper and drop the shock and ****

 

What happened? They told you alignment was fine when it wasn't??

Get that **** aligned soon lol.

 

with all that cashflow i have?

 

I know mine wasn't able to be aligned into spec, but only on camber, they wanted to elongate the holes on the towers, but I'm just going to wait until I can get some c/c plates.

I think -1.2 is the far end of camber, and one of mine is at -1.3, so it hasn't worn the tires too bad, I just try to keep rotating them.

 

Yeah they told me it was good to go and its not. I should of asked for the printout of the specs and I did not. Waste of $95 for me I am gonna get some CC plates and make them do it again, for free.

 

if they dont do it for free ill get u it for 55 bucks for a 6 month.

 

Jesus christ!! $95!! I got mine done for $50, although it was a friend of a friend that did it. Let me back there while he did it so I could see how it was done.

 

Well, I got em in with no real problems. I'm a little anxious for the full drop, haha I was surprised at how little immidiate result there was

 

Post some befores and afters, im anxious to do this as well.. ALSO tell me what things you ordered and how much the total was. ALSO is it a huge drop? I live in KY i have alot of hills so i'm contemplating.

 

I just bought the Prokits and new isos and it was like 300 something. Then of course free install is nice. I recommend isos for sure, because mine were majorly worn out and you couldn't tell before you pulled them out. The install was actually very easy. Putting the new springs in took some work, but we did just fine. If you get Eibachs and you use isos it is not a huge drop. I am mainly surprised at how much more fun it is to drive. My car hasn't lowered all the way, but if it drops like they say they should it will still clear very nicely. I wouldn't worry about hills, but speed bumps will kill your cats. My car is absolutely filthy from our recent ice and such, but I'll clean it up and take pics in the next couple days

 

sweet doing mine tomorrow. But im also installing CC plates, shocks/struts, and bumpsteer kit.

 

Any pics Zip??

Thats how I did mine, all at once. Minus the bump-steer kit.

 

Yup! I got some pics on Friday, but I had to turn right around and drive five hours to Ft. Worth, so they'll be up later tonight

 

Haha alright, sounds good.

 

give us before and afters!! This may be my next project..

 

pics are up....

 

different thread, buddy.

 

i cant find them!