struts & shocks ?
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Sick96Stang
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hdbiker1 said:
I dont see why u would look at 87-93 if u own an 01 GT. What are B&G springs? Yes, 94-04 will work and I would strongly recommend buying the parts for a 99+ GT.
hognutz
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I would buy tokico or bilstein. I went with bilsteins becasue they are the same part number for both models up front. hence a no brainer.
I would call Maximum motorsports. you don't have to buy from them but ther are smarter than 99% of the people who post here who are not up all all the technical aspects of designing a suspention to work together.
They will be able to tell you if you need the fox body struts with your springs.
I would call Maximum motorsports. you don't have to buy from them but ther are smarter than 99% of the people who post here who are not up all all the technical aspects of designing a suspention to work together.
They will be able to tell you if you need the fox body struts with your springs.
hognutz
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Sick96Stang said:
He would look for fox body because they are 1" shorter. 99-04 are designed for factory height so they run 1.75 compressed at all times with his springs. this will blow out some brands of shocks and struts prematurely.
Sick96Stang
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hognutz said:
Are you looking for factory shocks and struts or aftermarket? If you are looking for aftermarket just make sure u buy shocks and struts that are meant for lowered cars. I got my H&R sport springs and Tokico 5 way adjustable for lowered cars and I've had no troubles.
Wikkdgt
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Ok, I have Eibach Sportlines on my 00 GT and am running Tokico non-adjustables. I've had the fronts on there for like 3 weeks and already blew out the driver side strut. Am I not running the right kind of struts? I thought those were for lowered cars? I just bought 2 new ones and am wondering if it is just going to keep happening.
Sick96Stang
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Wikkdgt said:
Are you running the premium or drag race? Both of those should have an option when buying for either ones for stock ride height or lowered ride height.
http://www.maximummotorsports.com/tokico.asp
Wikkdgt
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I know they are not for drag racing. I didn't buy them from a dealer but off Ebay brand new. So what would the part number be for the option for lowered ride height? I just bought 2 new fronts from someone selling them on here. I hope they are the ones for lowered cars.
Sick96Stang
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Wikkdgt said:
Just click on the link that I posted above and look on that site. It has the part #'s and it tells wether it is for lowered or stock ride height.
hognutz
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Sick96Stang said:
Look at the actual part number you bought. they are fox body shocks and struts.
If you look at the MM page the part number for the 87-93 and the lowered 99-04 are the same.
Look like it is front only though. the rear part number is the same lowered or not. maybe had a diffenent upper mount on the 87-93 rear's I have never owned one to know.
MT1083
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I was told to go with Bilstein with my 1.25" drop. I wrote maximum motorsports and they helped me out with everything and answered all my questions. I didn't buy the struts and shocks from them though because I found them much cheaper at another place. I bought their c/c plates with the springs and their c/s is excellent. 
Sick96Stang
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hdbiker1 said:
No problem, any time I have any questions about suspension I just go talk to Maximum they know there ****.
Wikkdgt
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squares98 said:
They are the same part number. How does it make a difference? 94-04 lowered struts have the same part number as the 87-93 struts on Maximummotorsports.com.
Wikkdgt
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squares98 said:
So you mean that when you were blowing out your front struts, you were using the Tokicos for stock height mustangs 94-04? If so, I thought you were talking about the ones for lowered 94-04 being different than the 87-93. A little confusion there. No biggie.
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