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Just purchased new front end suspension kit

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montys69mach

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I just ordered the super kit from Mustangs unlimited which replaces upper/lower control arms, inner tie rods, outer tie rods, adjusting sleeves, end links strut rod bushings, coil spring seats and spring insulators. I also ordered front and rear kyb gas shocks, factory replacement front coil springs and 4 leaf standard leafsprings with a shackle kit. The car already has an o'sized sway bar, I just ordered bushing replacements for it. With this set-up it will restore the factory ride height. I plan to put 17x8 AR Torq thrust II's up front and 17x9.5 in the rear. Do you think I should have went with a more aggressive spring that lowers the car an 1"? or will it rub with those size wheels if I used 245/45/17 (f) and 275/45/17 (r) tires. Also do you think I should have went with a 5 leaf mid-eye spring which lowers it an 1" in the rear as well, or stick with 4 leaf and use lowering blocks. I don't want the car to sit too high with those bigger wheels, I also don't want it to rub. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks
 

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I went with the 620lb front springs and the big block mid-eyes with 5 leafs in the rear and love it, but I am running magnums, so I can't answer your tire clearance questions.

Ride is a but rugged, but it is not a daily driver for me, so I don't mind.
 
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i think with 17"s and the stock springs you won't be happy with ride height as you will probably have a lot of wheelwell showing. if you can still do it call em back and get the 1" drop coils at least and probably the 5 leaf mid-eyes, one thing about the 5 leafs is if it rides too rough you can always remove the extra spring and turn it back into a 4 leaf but you will still have the lowering effect. most people that run 17's have at least a 1" drop and most likley 2" drop or more. i would also recommend you do the "shelby" drop and lower the upper control arms 1", this won't really lower the car much, maybe 1/2-3/4" but it will improve the front end geometry a lot and these cars need all the halp they can get in that department. the car will handle so much better you will hardly beleive the difference
 

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thanks for the advice i called them and they said its no problem to send the front springs back and they'll send me the 620's. do i need any special kit to do the shelby drop or can i use the new upper's that came with the kit i bought? if i drop the front 1-1.5" do i need to bring the rear down as well?
 

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montys69mach said:
thanks for the advice i called them and they said its no problem to send the front springs back and they'll send me the 620's. do i need any special kit to do the shelby drop or can i use the new upper's that came with the kit i bought? if i drop the front 1-1.5" do i need to bring the rear down as well?
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i have the 620's, shelby drop and it sits down lower than 2" i think. When I go down a drive way, if i just drive and dont slow down, my sway bar drags the ground
 
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I've got the 1" drop 620s and I also lowered my UCAs 1.25". It wasn't enough, so I cut 3/4 coil off the springs and now it's perfect.
 
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