QUESTION!!! LOWER! not necessarily "paul" low though

[TxCobrA98]

hey guys, well after lookin at my car, and a few new edgers from various places, ive decided my car needs to be a bit more dropped. yes i drag on speed bumpbs and big dips buttttt... i can avoid those or go over them more sideways than I do now..

so what can i do to drop the car more. i already have Eibach Sportlines all around (all isolators in)... i want it slammed. what can i buy to drop it? do ball joints lower the front at all? i dont know if i want to take the isolators out or not yet.. so what are some things i can do to lower the car more?

 

[Schiffy]

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I feel ya. I'm going from SprangZ 1" drop, to the dropzone kit, that drops it 2.5". your best bet would be either H&R's, or adjustable coilovers.

 

[19mustang95]

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coilovers or H&R SuperSports without iso's....

 

[SRT Handz]

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take your isos out and with the 18s it will look slammed

 

[Matt94GT]

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what he said, try taking out the iso's first. if not get coil-overs.

 

[TxCobrA98]

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do you guys recommend i wrap the springs in electrical/duct tape? whichever one...

 

[Matt94GT]

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sure, electrical would be good but its hard to get it to stick most of the time...try duct tape. just a few wraps.

 

[TxCobrA98]

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aight awesome... now its time to talk my dad into taking out the springs..

we are doing my brakes this weekend so maybe i ought to talk him into doing the isolators and possibly the bump stop (we forgot to install it the first go around lol)

 

[clobato]

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Get the Steeda X2 balljoints, they lower the front about 1/2" if you don't use the supplied spacer. I did it on my Mach and will be doing it on the Cobra.

My suspension set up is the following:
Front:
Intrax Springs (cut 1/2 coil)
MM Caster Camber Plates
MM Upper and Lower Urethane Isolators
MM Aluminum Rack Bushings
Steeda Bumpsteer Kit
Steeda X2 Ball Joints
Tokico D-Spec Struts

Rear:
Intrax Springs
MM Adjustable Lower Control Arms, Adjusted to lowest setting
MM Upper and Lower Urethane Isolators
Tokico D-Spec Shocks

 

[Fets]

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Holy bad ass mach

 

[Matt94GT]

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wow man that mach is badass, deffently the best mach i have ever seen PUT PICS IN THE MEMBERS RIDES SECTION...I wanna seee more!!!! low is badass and black wheels niiice!

 

[SRT Handz]

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This is my car with Sportlines with No Isos in the front (no top iso, Thin rubber bike innertube for the bottom). FRPP control arms, UPR bumpsteer. The rear end is now lower than is this pic because i now have MM Adjustable LCAs

I couldnt imagine it being lower than this...it would pretty much be dragging...right now i scape on almost EVERYTHING

 

[TxCobrA98]

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Get the Steeda X2 balljoints, they lower the front about 1/2" if you don't use the supplied spacer. I did it on my Mach and will be doing it on the Cobra.

yeah i heard the ball joints would lower it 1/2 an inch thats why i asked about them..

idk what im going to do. for now ill probably take the iso's out cause we are going to be doing my brakes this weekend so we are going to rip the iso's out.

ill get ball joints when i get some money to spend on them.. i have other things that need attention for now.

 

[SRT Handz]

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i would suggest getting FRPP/03-04 cobra front control arms....they are cheap and you will accually be able to do U-turns ;D

 

[TxCobrA98]

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yeah i was told that 03/04 control arms let you do that... i may look into that.

man i need some money!!!!

engine comes first then after the engine build, ill look at all this stuff. O0

 

[clobato]

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Thanks for the comments about the Mach. I'm hoping to get it back together this weekend. I'm putting an 03-04 Cobra front bumper and rocker panels on. As long as weather cooperates, I'll get some pics of the Mach and Cobra together.

I'm in the process of swapping out the suspension and redoing the brakes on the Cobra as well.
My suspension set on the Cobra will be the following:

Front:
Eibach Prokit Springs
MM Caster Camber Plates
MM Aluminum Rack Bushings
Steeda Bumpsteer Kit
Steeda X2 Ball Joints
FRPP 03-04 Cobra Control Arms
Stcok Struts (just til I get money for decent ones)

Rear:
Eibach Prokit Springs
MM Standard Lower Control Arms
FRPP Upper Control Arms
Stock Shocks (just til I get money for decent ones)

 

[95KBGT]

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if you cant spark it park it ;D

 

[Matt94GT]

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i would suggest getting FRPP/03-04 cobra front control arms....they are cheap and you will accually be able to do U-turns ;D

lol no kidding our turning radius sucks, I cant turn all the way even now because my wheels rub my control arms, think changing to 03 ones would stop that? Not my tires my actual rim is gouging out my control arm. My car is pretty damn slammed in the front id say easily as low as yours.

 

[Schiffy]

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the SN95's suck when it comes to lowering them. My '99 was slammed to the ground, and i had no issues... I'll look into that '03/'04 front control arms like you guys said to... I could use slightly more turning radius. haha... course my tires are 245/45/17's... I think if they were 235/35/17 they'd fit much better u p front... i don't worry about the back... roll the fenders and run some 315's!!!!!

 

[SRT Handz]

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i would suggest getting FRPP/03-04 cobra front control arms....they are cheap and you will accually be able to do U-turns ;D

lol no kidding our turning radius sucks, I cant turn all the way even now because my wheels rub my control arms, think changing to 03 ones would stop that? Not my tires my actual rim is gouging out my control arm. My car is pretty damn slammed in the front id say easily as low as yours.

Matt, Getting 03/04 Cobra Arms makes a huge difference in turning radius because they are re-designed to use a 9 inch wide wheel...which the 03/04 cobra has. Plus they have a 50% stiffer bushings. You can find them on SVTP cheap. I got mine pretty much new for $45...they only had 7,000 miles on them. They looked brand new.

its amazing how much tighter you can turn....its crazy