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stykthyn

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I need to replace my shocks, what are some of the best ones to get. I would like to get some that will drop my ride about an inch if that is possible.

 

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stykthyn said:

I need to replace my shocks, what are some of the best ones to get. I would like to get some that will drop my ride about an inch if that is possible.

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If it is shocks that you need to replace they do not determine what your ride height will be. You will need to get new springs if you want the car lowered a bit.

You have a lot of possibilities with shocks. Tokico, Bilstein, KYB, Koni, edelbrock etc...

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BBK, FMS, Eibach etc...

good luck

 

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86bluecobra

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don't forget about strange engineerings 10 way adjustables. i would go with them. I got the ford motor sport springs they dropped my car an inch or so it looks great.

 

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really depends on what you want to do...if ur looking for something for the drag strip....Lakewoods are the way to go and there pretty inexpensive.

 

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Lakewoods 90/10's

 

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yea to lower your car you will need lowering springs but for shocks my personal opinion is KYB They arnt ULTRA expencive and they arnt bad at all

 

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Bilsteins are the best overall non adjustable shock.

 

stykthyn

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this is my daily, so nothing needed to drag with. who makes good springs? are they hard to install?

 

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nah, not hard at all... Go with FMS C or B Springs... I found a good deal on mine from ebay for just 100 bucks

 

Shakerhood

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I think the best overall deal is the Bullitt set up, you get a little less than an inch of drop with the Springs and the Struts and Shocks are Valved to match them and the price is about $400.

 

stykthyn

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cool, you gotta rip these off a bullit or can you order them somewhere?

 

Shakerhood

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stykthyn said:

cool, you gotta rip these off a bullit or can you order them somewhere?

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I ordered a new set from PPI.

 

88Stang331

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Anybody use the Bilstein set up on there daily driver?

 

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iwashmycar

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i vote KYB and the FMS springs....been good so far!

 

tunedin302

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Bilstein - hands down.

 

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SoCal89GT

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Highly recomended that you get springs and struts/ shocks of the same manufacture. companys typically tune their products to compliment each other...

 

tunedin302

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SoCal89GT said:

Highly recomended that you get springs and struts/ shocks of the same manufacture..

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So what about a person that has bilstein or koni struts and shocks? Neither of them make springs. I think you will find that the higher end companies specialize and stick to what they are good at: bilstein for shocks/struts, hypercoil for coilover springs, H&R for regular coil springs, etc.

 

Shakerhood

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SoCal89GT said:

Highly recomended that you get springs and struts/ shocks of the same manufacture. companys typically tune their products to compliment each other...

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That is why I suggested the Bullitt Set up!

 

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SoCal89GT

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I have talked with eibach before, as well as my suspension/ chassis engineer buddy who agrees. good point on H&R, Bilstien... I wonder if they suggest springs to use with there setup...?

 

tunedin302

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Shakerhood said:

That is why I suggested the Bullitt Set up!

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Does the bullit setup even lower the fox cars? I have heard some bad things about the tolerances of that kit being way off.