Stock Suspension fitment

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Hey guys i am trying to revert my stang back to stock. i found a local guy selling his stock suspension from a 98 gt. will it fit my 01? would his stock control arms fit my car? thanks alot in advance.
also, i have a mm phb, how easy would it be to remove from the car since it is welled in in some parts. would it be reuseable? thanks guys!

 

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Serper3 said:

Hey guys i am trying to revert my stang back to stock. i found a local guy selling his stock suspension from a 98 gt. will it fit my 01? would his stock control arms fit my car? thanks alot in advance.
also, i have a mm phb, how easy would it be to remove from the car since it is welled in in some parts. would it be reuseable? thanks guys!

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Why u returning back to stock?? Are u steppin up???

The 98 springs, struts/shocks will fit... For the rear, the lower control arms wont work because the bolt sizes are different. The panhard bar should be reuseable. Why is your PHB welded, mines not....

 

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well i was told by apexmotorsport, a mustang shop we USED to have around here, that the phb can loosen if it isnt welded in. now i think it might be total bs because they tried to bs me several times about other stuff their.
lol and i am not stepping up, unfortunately. i am a college student and modding the stang is expensive. what else is expensive is driving about 30 miles per day between school and work with gas at 3.50 per gallon lol.
i am also not too happy with how the car handles. i want to road course and auto x, i was hoping it would be much better with all the suspension stuff but i think for now i want something small, light, rwd, easy and cheap to modd and something that will be a beast on the road course!
i already pretty much know what car i am going to get but i dont know if i should say because i can see myself getting flamed royally lol.
thanks for the info though epik

 

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what car is gonna be lighter, better handling, RWD and cheaper to mod than a mustang?

 

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DCjuggalo said:

what car is gonna be lighter, better handling, RWD and cheaper to mod than a mustang?

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Mid 90's Nissan 240...

 

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BurningRubber said:

Mid 90's Nissan 240...

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I like 240's, especially the early 90's coupes....

If u dont mind me asking, what spring rate coilovers are u running front & rear & what struts & shocks? Usually when u do a full MM coilover conversion, u do the tq arm too...

 

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i am running bilsteins i think its like 350 front, 225 rear or so

 

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i dont want a 240 because i would get ownd by the cops around here.
i am going to get a 94-95 obd1 miata.. turbo it, hard top, roll cage, c/o's, and then i am going to buy a focus to dd. the miata will be crazy at the track and it will get 30+ mpg turbod so i can feel good about driving it to the track .

 

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Are u running the Bilstien HD's or the sports???

Get a Miata & do this to it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXmu_obZPcA

 

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miatas are awesome. if you need anything i have hookups at Moss Motors. i supply them with their OEM mazda parts since i am the mazda parts person at my dealer.

 

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bdcardinal said:

miatas are awesome. if you need anything i have hookups at Moss Motors. i supply them with their OEM mazda parts since i am the mazda parts person at my dealer.

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thats sweet. what kind of parts? oem or aftermarket. i cant wait to be able to just dump like 5k into the car at my discretion. meaning prolly within a month lol.

 

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moss motors sells a bunch of aftermarket stuff for miatas, bascially alsmost everything you want to do. we just worked on their supercharged miata at work. almost all their oem mazda parts touches my hands before they get it.

 

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thats really cool... can u get a percent discount or is it just different discounts for different stuff? yea i am going to be getting ALOT of stuff in the next 3 months or so. i just need to work on selling the stang... i am also assuming u know u quite a bit about them then since u work with the parts?

 

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i saw the slammed silver on craigslist yesterday and went

I didnt know you'd be returning her to stock either!

If i had the money, i'd really like to pick up some of those suspension mods from you...i still got plenty of stock suspension pieces on my car

 

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TrueBlue03 said:

i saw the slammed silver on craigslist yesterday and went

I didnt know you'd be returning her to stock either!

If i had the money, i'd really like to pick up some of those suspension mods from you...i still got plenty of stock suspension pieces on my car

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LOL, i know my friends cant believe it either... its ok when i have more money i will get another stang and make it into a beast for now... something different sounds hella fun..
u wanna swap the lca's and rear coil assembly now and then i can sell u the front later if u want?
it would be sick to sell to u since ur local.
i wasnt going to part it out, but i am pretty sure i can get more money for it if i part it out. it is alot of work though to put it back to stock... the wheels though i think i am going to sell i have new tires on em... my lights are new but i need to trade those out.. my phb i just got like 3 months ago!! lol....
oh well let me know if anything sounds good

 

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Serper3 said:

thats really cool... can u get a percent discount or is it just different discounts for different stuff? yea i am going to be getting ALOT of stuff in the next 3 months or so. i just need to work on selling the stang... i am also assuming u know u quite a bit about them then since u work with the parts?

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i do all the mazda parts at my Ford/Mazda dealer. i can get discounts on their aftermarket stuff. go to their webpage, and tell me what you want and ill talk to my hookup there.

 

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bdcardinal said:

i do all the mazda parts at my Ford/Mazda dealer. i can get discounts on their aftermarket stuff. go to their webpage, and tell me what you want and ill talk to my hookup there.

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sweet i will dfntly pm u.