Changed the springs on my Cobra and look what I found....

CBZGT50

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I was surprised to see that both of my front springs were BROKEN on my 95 Cobra. I was adding a set of Eibach Sportlines and found two broken spring in the front, one of which I had to torch out it was rusted so bad. Here is the pic.

 

JJ95GTID

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That's a new one on me. Rust must really eat them up.

 

GRGT1994

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Wow. Did you notice anything wierd in the ride before the swap?

 

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I was shocked about the first one. I said "look honey at how f**ked up this is". Then I took the second spring out and WOW. Then it was worse on the second because I had to break out the acetyline torch to get lower part out.

 

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I never noticed any problems or I would have Immediatly changed them. The car is in GREAT shape but it came from Chicago and was in New Orleans for a while. I guess pot holes at em up!

 

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i dont see any pic?

 

mo_dingo

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yeah, niether do i!
Scott

 

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slytherin

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Sucks to hear that happened. get some pics for us to look at.

 

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slytherin said:

Sucks to hear that happened. get some pics for us to look at.

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There was pics earlier. I wonder what happened to them. They were rusted thru at like the bottom coil

 

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My rear drivers side spring was broken also. The springs had no rust on them either. I thought it was rather strange.

 

CBZGT50

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I got the pic back up. Wierd that it dissapeared. The springs looked fine if I took the wheel off. It wasn't until I pulled the springs from the front and a piece of spring was left on the perch. I wonder if it has something to do with the rubber on the lower damper wearing out.

All fixed up now though! Down 2" and rides smoooooooth.

 

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ha! happened to me too! they came out nice and easy tho! today i did the springs on my 88(a GA car, not a RI car), and the damn things were in great shape! (there is only 80K on her). on the cobra, i had to pry those damn things out, they minus well had been welded on!

 

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Damn dude, that's horrible. Hmm... New Orleans = a lot of rain, Chicago = a lot of snow, thus lots of sand and salt. There's your culprit.

 

CBZGT50

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The moral of this story is to never trust that everything is working good! I constantly do PM on my car so I don't have problems like this but another shortly occurs! I love Mustangs but damn the breakdown alot. Especially when modified. Those mod parts just suck nowadays!