Rear coilover kit

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Okay so I am getting the mod bug again and have not done any major upgrades since the nitrous kit. Thinking of going with a coilover setup. Found this which seems like a good kit to start with. What do you guys think.

Competition Engineering Mustang Rear Coil Over Kit (79-04) at AmericanMuscle.com - Free Shipping!

 

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May want to list what else you have for suspension.

 

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Ive never been a big fan of their shocks. I put together kits in my shop same price or cheaper with better parts. If your interested let me know...


What is the complete set up?

Rick

 

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I love my Maximum Rear Coil Over Kit Silver with Strange Shocks

 

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I have hotchkiss upper and lowers, full length sub frames w/ cross braces and torque box adapters, eibach sport line springs and oe shocks and struts, poly axle pivot bushings, and other misc poly bushings for front

 

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So what do you guys think?

 

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GTA_V6_Mustang said:

So what do you guys think?

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I think you would be wasting a lot of money. Likely you will have a mismatch in suspension parts. You can't just slap new shocks on the rear with sportline front springs (probably with an unknown spring rate) and coil overs.
Front and rear suspensions should be setup to work with each other, or you risk serious handling and safety issues.

Buy yourself a good set of adjustable shocks for the whole car. (my preference is koni).
Then when the time comes you could use the MM coil over kit on them.
Not only are your stock shocks and struts probably worn out, but they probably suck with sportline springs even worse.

 

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Actually they are pretty new considering the car only has 30k miles on it. But I get what you are saying. Ill probably go the adjustable shock/strut route then coil over kit after