Need Smooth Ride -- Bought Bilstein shocks have ? about part #/application

I'm not sure about the shocks/struts & springs you are using; I had Tokico HP's and H&R Race Springs and overall felt like the ride was not bad at all. You can go for the tad-softer H&R Super Sports. Easy enough ride, but still stiff enough for a little fun.

 

I don't know many people with a lowered car that rides as smooth as mine, but then I also don't know that man people willing to pay for bags. I am afraid its going to be like power windows for me and I will never be able to be happy in a car with a static suspension....

 

I have GR2s with B springs. Smooth ride, somewhat stiff. But if you have shitty tires, your ride will be shit no matter what suspension you're running.

 

Honestly the cheap Monroe stock replacements ride just as good as anything. Be sure to order them for a foxbody to get more shock travel.

 

BFG's are pretty good. Honestly though, these cars will never be smooth like newer ones. Ever ride in a newer coyote? I drove my buddies 14' trackpack 5.0, and I was like no way I'm in a mustang, was that smooth lol. Mine rides pretty well for a mustang, I can't
complain at all

 

Unless you go back to stock height, good luck. Well, B springs are pretty soft with the right shocks. I'd get Koni STrt or whatever they're called. H&R SS are stiff so I don't recommend those.

 

The regular sports give a nice drop, not low enough for me, but the ride quality is fantastic. A guy I used to know has a mystic with the sports and stock 86k mile shocks/struts and that car rides fantastic and handles great. Mine is on the SS springs, no isos, steeda x2 with no spacer, and adjustable lcas maxed out so going from that to the regular sport springs was night and day. I'd definitely go with those if I didn't care about ride height.
I've been in that situation, and I chose the cheap route and it ended up costing me more because I had to replace the cheap tokicos twice. I don't regret it because it was a lesson learned; I only buy quality products now. If you don't want to pay for Bilsteins, I would go Koni Strt the orange ones. Quality product for a great price. Hope this helps!

 

you just gotta pay attention to the sites. I got my str.t's on sale from LMR for 299. i had to wait a couple of months to get them, but they got here. Good shocks. Ride is eh, but it is a stiffer spring so i dont mind it, handles awesome! but i have stock springs so i cant say how they act with aftermarket springs. Im saving up for coilovers, so when i get some bilsteins or MM1 shocks im gonna sell my str.t's

 

wow reading all that makes my head spin. just tells me I made the right choice as I would hate to learn all this stuff to get a ride I hated.

 

ohhh i didnt notice you had montreal....oooops.

 

Whatever you do, you need to match the rates of the springs to the shocks and struts. If you don't the ride quality and handling will suffer because the two will be fighting each other

 

if you have bilstein struts, you can get away with running with 650-750 front spring rates and i think its 250 in the rears. which is h&r ss spring territory.