I am looking to lower my 06gt. I have heard many dif opinions on how to do this. I am not looking for the top of the line track set up. Just lower it a little and gain some handling. Do you think that this would be a goud way to go? And... Would I need anything else besides the install? Stage 3 Motorsports 2005-08 Mustang G-Trac Suspension Kit - Stage 1 Thanks for taking the time to help me out!
I went with J&M products for my suspension and I could not be happier, although I am sure Steeda's stuff is great too. The bare essentials that you need to lower you car are the springs (obviously), camber bolts, and an alignment afterwards. Beyond that Struts and Shocks are good, a adjustable panhard bar depending if your rear axle shifts due to the drop. Those are the bigger things, then if you want to correct your geometry, you could go with adjustable upper control arm, new ball joints, etc... The strut tower brace and g-trac brace that are sold in that kit really aren't necessary parts of the lowering process, but they obviously still help the suspension. Hope any of that helped.
I drove mine for about 9 months with just springs and camber bolts with absolutely no problems for a Daily Driver. The axle shifted some, but with the stock wheels it wasn't noticeable. When I put my new wheels on they came right out to the fenders so I had to do the panhard bar to center it back up. I've since done some of the other upgrades and they all make the car a little better for performance related driving, but don't feel like you have to do it all up front. Hope this helps, I was in the same situation when I did mine and felt like I needed to spend big $$ just to lower it from some of the stuff I read.
I lowered my car with Ford "K" springs. I also have aftermarket Tokico "Blue" struts (non-adjustable). All I needed were some camber bolts to adjust for camber and all is good. The axle shifted 1/4" to the driver's side from lowering. But this didn't affect handling and is visually hard to see, so I did not install an aftermarket adjustable panhard bar. With just springs and camber bolts...you are good to go.
Quick question with the camber bolts. I installed mine when I put in my springs this last weekend, and I was waiting on my new wheels to come in this week before I went to have it aligned. Should an alignment shop know how to adjust the camber bolts/ or should I just ask for the camber reading and do it myself?
I've heard some people say they needed camber bolts and some didn't. How close do the drops get you to the limit of the stock adjustability?
Steel Horse, To be honest, I'm running BMR springs and I would have been fine without the camber bolts. Glad I put them on just incase they are needed down the road. I would guess car to car variation is why some need them and some don't. More so than how much you drop it..within reason. After my install the rear axle was .400 off. I didn't measure it before I started, so it may have been off one way or the other to start with. Put the BMR adjustable in at .200 shorter than the stock bar and it is almost perfect.
Just trying to sort through what is required and optional. When I drop my car I want to be able to do so and not have any unusual tread wear because camber is incorrect. Tires are expensive enough with a muscle car without adding too it.
