My Mustang is my daily driver love how it sits since its lowered. Since i live in Ohio though the problem is when winter comes around the car is too low and basically becomes a snowplow of sorts. What are my options if any to have the car lower during the summer and raise it for the winter months. The car is a 2000 Stang Gt, is there a company that makes suspensions that have adjustable ride height that are good and don't completly break the bank. I know its only June but i have the money now to take care of this now.
ur best bet is to go with coilvers... they give u excellent adjustability, but this would be a corner carving, autox road course setup... not very good for launching... as far as coilovers go... they are expensive... i got mine for about 1600... plus u need to realign... i have the maximum motorsports kit, with the bilsteins... its a great kit and if u want handling.... reliability etc... mm is pretty much the only way to go... it is a bit expensive, but its worth it! with coilvers, u can also achieve a higher wheel rate with a softer spring... that means, u get better ride quality without having significant performance loss...
uhhh thats not true.... air suspension is faster since u can do it with a push of a button, but its not practical because of the tanks and extra costs... as far as performance handling... its also a no go... i cant change my ride height as fast as an air suspension... but i can lower or raise it in about 15-20 mins... since he is doing this for the winter, i am assuming he wont be doing much raising or lowering a year.. coilovers ftmfw!
You can adjust the coilovers easily, but remember you will have to get an alignment everytime you do it. i love my MM coilovers, much better ride quality than the h&r's & a killer stance.
over here, we have a shop that warranties allignments for a year... i brought my car in to get it alligned 4 times now... i think i am pretty happy with the ride height now... lol... i was thinking since it would be just a winter issue thing it wont be a big deal... with air bags though.... the height change also causes improper allignment right?
I was just trying to figure that out myself. Hey serper, What spring rate are u running front & rear?
http://www.aplusperformance.com/airbagsource/product_info.php?cPath=369_446&products_id=3936 expensive! good luck getting this installed or installing it on ur own! but i dont see anything in the kit that would somehow adjust the alignment so looks like an allignment would be necesary as well...
The PHB isnt required to run rear coilovers. What they meant was when u run rear coilovers, they mount to the rear axle with a MM heavy duty shock axle mount. The rear coilover kit comes with 1 of these shock mounts, & if you already had the PHB installed you would have the other shock mount on the driver side already because the PHB mounts to the axle the same way.
I wouldn't think you would have to get an alignment from changing the ride height since you don't have to take anything apart and you aren't messing with Caster/Camber or Toe at all? Guess I would be wrong though...haha
to elaborate/rephrase, if u get the kit ur talking about, which is the exact same kit i have, all u would need in addition is a driver side shock mount. its cheap - like 28 dollars or so. if u do have the phb, or will be putting one in, then u dont need the shock mount...
