spring install from hell

[stangman]

well chris (boss281mustang) & i just finished the longest ever spring install so i thought i would post a few pics

it took us friggin forever to do because of the rear right spring, we could not get the lower control arm & the axle to line up. well after several hours later (on the same spring) & a trip to a couple auto parts stores, we finally get it in. BTW-anyone thinking about doing this job...... GET A SPRING COMPRESSOR. well anyway the whole thing took a full 10hrs

also one more thing....... Do the springs settle & actually get a little lower after some time casue i didn't get as much of a drop as i was expecting. it said a 1 1/2in drop & it ended up being about a 1in drop

well enough with all that, here are some of the pics

 

[Beau]

yea give it a little while to settle..thats what mine did

 

[JonJon]

Glad you got it to work finally

And I do believe it does end up settling lower after a few days.

 

[jadesville]

should take a week or so to fully settle, glad to hear you got it all worked out

 

[Boss281Mustang]

Those control arms made the baby jesus cry

 

[san~man]

Funny you had so much problems.

My whole suspension install (springs, shocks/struts, and rear LCA's) took about 3 hours, with a lunch break in between.

 

[tarch]

wow! that looks like stock ride height... how high was it before

 

[vipergts281]

Funny you had so much problems.

My whole suspension install (springs, shocks/struts, and rear LCA's) took about 3 hours, with a lunch break in between.

Yeah, my springs were swapped out in about 90 minutes.

But I've done some installs that were a friggin nightmare.....H-pipe and brakes.

 

[stangman]

well the install from hell has turned into the day from hell well after chris & i got done with the install, we decided to have some celebratory taco bell well chris lives right across the bridge in ohio, so we did it in his heated garage . the only open taco bell was in WV so we decided to go there. well when we got on the bridge both of us hit it at the crown of the bridge, just screwing around. well we get stopped on the WV side at a red light (for a good 30+ sec too) & all the sudden we see cop lights..... ohio cops too. well they were bound & determined to give us a ticket

well first off, in order to issue a ticket in another county, let alone another state, you would have to have a commisioned officer of that area write it out. well to get around this they wrote us a ticket for being in ohio, even though we wern't in ohio when it happened.

secondly, they wrote us for wreckless driving 65 in a 25 . well when the officers came back up to my car to give me a ticket, they told me that they clocked me at 65, so i asked to see the radar. well he said that he cleared it off so i was like so you have nothing to show me that i was going that fast, & he said no, didn't you hear me i just cleared it off. so said "oh ok" (just let it go, for now)

and thirdly, they told us that we did it under the light in ohio, & under the light is still one lane, there are two lanes, one left turn only, the other you can go straight, or turn right, so there was no way that we did it under the light.
all they were doing was trying to throw their weight around & piss us off. so there is our friggin wonderful day......... sorry guys i just had to vent

 

[stangman]

oh btw..... when we were pulled over, we noticed that the car had settled a little & was sitting a little lower i wish i could have seen that in a little better circumstances

oh & the cop gave me a classic too...... Cop -- "yeah those 5.0's are pretty fast, all i have is a 4.somethin, i almost didn't catch you all" so i had to correct him Me -- " nope, i don't have a 5.0, it's got a 4.6... same as yours, just a few minor differences" him--"well yours is a lot faster" he didn't seem to appreciate it too much, but he couldn't do anything to me without a assisting officer from WV so really could have cared less.

just thought some of you might enjoy that one

 

[JonJon]

 

[mogs01gt]

what kind of springs are they? stock shocks?

 

[stangman]

what kind of springs are they? stock shocks?

they are mac lowering springs (supposed to be a 1 1/2in drop) & for the moment i have the stock shocks & struts (they will be replaced with strange adjustables before long ) & it is settling more i just went out & looked at it & it is setting lower today

 

[1fast03pony]

it looks like stock from those pics. let it settle for a few days and take some more!

 

[GinoGT]

The front doesn't look any lower than stock.

 

[stangman]

The front doesn't look any lower than stock.

well it really wasn't at the time..... it only was lower by a 1/4 at first but today it is sitting much lower i still think it could be a hair lower in the front though... like another 1/2in. i think i might order the steeda x2 ball joints to take care of that

 

[GinoGT]

well it really wasn't at the time..... it only was lower by a 1/4 at first but today it is sitting much lower i still think it could be a hair lower in the front though... like another 1/2in. i think i might order the steeda x2 ball joints to take care of that

Really? My H&R Supersports gave me about the same ride height from day 1. I'm guessing they did settle a tiny bit, throwing off my alignment by just a hair giving me this annoying pull to the left. I need to get off my ass and get an alignment.

 

[stangman]

well i found out that the tickets we got by the ohio cops are horse crap, so i'll keep you all updated on what happens. but i was told by a few people i know in the legal system, that what they did was completely illegal. so i really can't wait unitl the court date now, cause i'm going into it really prepared

 

[nickthegenius]

it took us friggin forever to do because of the rear right spring, we could not get the lower control arm & the axle to line up.

Those control arms made the baby jesus cry

Am I understanding correctly that you unbolted the control arm to install the spring and it wouldn't line up? If so, what possessed you to do that? Put the rear framerails on jackstands, unbolt the bottom of the shocks, lower the rear end with you jack, and the springs should flop out like Janet Jackson's breast.

 

[jeff1414]

ha it looks like we got the same rims. Mine is really lower that that though. it should go down some.......