96 to 88 conversion

[hotrodney]

Hey guys,
Will 96 front struts and the 8.8 diff go into a 88 fox?

I wanted a 5 stud conversion and the 96 stuff is free.

Cheers,
Dan

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

The struts should work, but IIRC the SN95 struts are taller and will bottom out sooner than a Fox strut will. The 8.8 will be a direct swap, once you take care of the brake lines and emergency brake. All of the suspension mounting points are the same.

 

[hotrodney]

Matt,
Thanks for the reply mate,

Thats great news, so front rotors will bolt on to the 88 items then.
And diff,... well i'll keep the 3.7's and swap them over.
Now I'm going to go and measure the convo's

I'll post some pics when done.
Thanks again.

Cheers Dan

 

[Mustang5L5]

The rotors won't work on the '88 stuff.

You'll need the spindles, rotors, hub, calipers and lines off the '96. You'll then neeed to either press an SN95 balljoint into your a-arm, or make a spacer. You don't need the '96 struts. They have a longer body so if you are lowered more of a chance of bottoming out.

 

[hotrodney]

thanks for that, i'm gonna get both struts with everything on them and then see how i go.
Thanks again,
Dan