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Are 03 cobra a-arms and 04 mach a-arms the same?

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My friend is willing to give me his stock A-Arms from his mach and I was wondering if they are the same as the cobra ones...any one know?
 

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Couldn't tell you. But ya know what anything is going to be an improvment over what you have on there now and the odds are they are the same.

Worst case if the bushings feel soft you can put in some poly bushings.
 

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ttt
 

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The arms themselves should be the same. Might have different balljoints or bushings though. For free, I'd take them, they'll definitely have better bushings and balljoints than our 12-13 year old parts.
 

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They are exactly the same. The Ford part numbers are the same. Those are the best arms Ford ever out on a Mustang. I highly recommend the Mach 1 struts as well. 03-04 Cobra guys are using Mach 1 struts. I put them on my 96 Cobra, and man that thing rides nice now. They are made by Tocikio.
 

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Aren't the Cobra dampers made my Bilstein? So the Tokicos are supposed to be better than the 'Steins?
 

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HISSIN50 said:
Aren't the Cobra dampers made my Bilstein? So the Tokicos are supposed to be better than the 'Steins?
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Yes the 03\04 Cobras are Bilsteins.
 

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They are the Bil's on the Cobra. Many the Bil's were made more to handle, where as the Mach's Tokico struts give better weight transfer to the rear for drag racing.

A successful local Mustang tuning facility told me that. He sees all the 03-04 Cobra guys as well as the Mach 1 guys, and they all want the Mach struts. I love them, I highly recommend them. And at 98.50 each, how can you go wrong?
 

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SVT32VDOHC said:
They are the Bil's on the Cobra. Many the Bil's were made more to handle, where as the Mach's Tokico struts give better weight transfer to the rear for drag racing.

A successful local Mustang tuning facility told me that. He sees all the 03-04 Cobra guys as well as the Mach 1 guys, and they all want the Mach struts. I love them, I highly recommend them. And at 98.50 each, how can you go wrong?
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Never heard that before. Intresting.
 

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I got the A-Arms today for free, now for some struts


....shocks are in the back and struts in the front right? Whats the difference?
 

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BlueOvalStangGT said:
....shocks are in the back and struts in the front right? Whats the difference?
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Yes. They both do just about the same thing. Struts are often able to handle more load and can be more of a pivotal (not literally) member of the suspension.
 

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SVT32VDOHC said:
They are the Bil's on the Cobra. Many the Bil's were made more to handle, where as the Mach's Tokico struts give better weight transfer to the rear for drag racing.

A successful local Mustang tuning facility told me that. He sees all the 03-04 Cobra guys as well as the Mach 1 guys, and they all want the Mach struts. I love them, I highly recommend them. And at 98.50 each, how can you go wrong?
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Where can you get them for $98 a piece?
 
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