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GoBlue

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I have a 2001 GT. I am putting in the 10th anniversary Cobra Brakes/Rotors, Bilstien Struts and Eibach Pro Springs all at the same time up front only. Is there any little thing, like washers, bolts, or seals, that kind of thing that I am missing or should replace? And will I absolutely have to have C/C plates?
 

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Unless you will like to be buying tires more often that you should or want to then yes. Everytime someone lowers a car more than a certain amount your alignments will be off. The stock camber plates give a minor amount of adjustment for stock height cars, but messing with the geometry will really screw up your alignment and be uncorrectable in the foreseeable future.

Should you not have the money now, but plan on having them installed go ahead, or do like I did and let the parts collect dust, so you do not have to pay to go in there again, or take another weekend day to install the CC Plates. Oh and BTW go with MM CC plates.

I just had my MM ones installed because I had the cash and figured why not with me upgrading to D-Specs, my alignment tech said one said was adjusted to its max and he couldn't fix the camber on the PF side. Took my car to him today and he said it is aligned right at the Ford recomendations.

Other than that, pick up a set of cheap isolators, unless you want a slammed look, otherwise buy some electrical tape to throw around the ends of the springs when you install them to minimize noises if that type of thing annoys you.

And most of all....

 
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Stainless lines.
 
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How many miles are on the car? You might want to think about replacing the bushings while you're at it. They're bound to be shot after 10 years.
 
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