Who has Ford C Springs???

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You can get them for a good price on mustangtuning.com. Does anyone have any pics of them installed on a 99+? Anything wrong with them?

Thanks in advance,
Geoff

 

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theyre good springs...they just don't lower the car as much as others do.

 

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Do you need different struts/shocks and caster/camber with them?

 

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Do yourself a favor and just get eibachs or another name brand. I got these and they hardly lowered the car at all! I mean nothing. I put them on and measured before and after and they actually raised the car. After about a week it was back to a little less than stock (.25") ride height. Save yourself the hassle, spend the few extra bucks, and do it right the first time...I wish I did. I ended up cutting 3/4 of a coil off and here is what it looks like now...

Andy

 

Islander03GT

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how about the stock Bullitt springs? Worth it? I don't want an aftermarket kit, as I dont feel like ruining my ride quality.

 

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Wi-Stanger said:

Do you need different struts/shocks and caster/camber with them?

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I believe only if the car is lowered MORE than 1.5 inches. At least that's what I've been told.

 

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SilverSteed said:

Do yourself a favor and just get eibachs or another name brand. I got these and they hardly lowered the car at all! I mean nothing. I put them on and measured before and after and they actually raised the car. After about a week it was back to a little less than stock (.25") ride height. Save yourself the hassle, spend the few extra bucks, and do it right the first time...I wish I did. I ended up cutting 3/4 of a coil off and here is what it looks like now...

Andy

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Haha, um no. I installed C-springs on a friends car last weekend and it lowered it 1.2" in the front and 1" in the rear. Maybe you got a bad set but everybody who I know has them loves them.

 

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I say get them. I have them and like them.

 

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SilverSteed said:

Do yourself a favor and just get eibachs or another name brand. I got these and they hardly lowered the car at all! I mean nothing. I put them on and measured before and after and they actually raised the car. After about a week it was back to a little less than stock (.25") ride height. Save yourself the hassle, spend the few extra bucks, and do it right the first time...I wish I did. I ended up cutting 3/4 of a coil off and here is what it looks like now...

Andy

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Yeah I installed mine this past saturday and the car was an inch lower before the springs settled...maybe you just didn't install them correctly.

 

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Did you guys leave the isolators in whe you put them in? I have no idea what the **** was wrong with mine, but i still have the old pics to prove it. I figured they might have messed up and sent me another set of stock springs, so i checked them when i had them out to cut them and before they were cut, they checked out to be 725 and the stock ones were 550. So I don't know what the heck was wrong but all is good now...except for the harsh ride, but what do you expect when cutting springs? However I can say I'm the only person that I've even heard of having problems with them...I must've just gotten a bad set.

Andy

 

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could it be that you had them facing the wrong direction? Everyone says to make sure the pigtails face towards the drivers side but i found that there were indentions in the a arms where the bottom of the spring fits...so I put the drivers side spring facing towards the passenger side and the passenger side spring facing towards the rear of the car. Afterwards all four corners measured the same

 

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No, I'm positive I had the indentations right...oh well its fixed now. Just dont like the idea of telling people I cut my springs, just sounds ricey. Oh well

Andy

 

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how did you cut them anyway?

 

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The C springs will lower the front of the car a lot. I would say about 1.5". The rears on the other hand do not lower the car that much. Maybe about 0.75". The simple thing to do is cut the dead coil off the rear, and this will 99% of the time even things out perfectly. I myself cut half of the coil off. That still gave the car a nice "raked" look with out being to high in the rear. I simply cut it off with a metal cutting blade in my circular saw. It only took about a minute or less. You could probably get the same thing for a drill. I like the C springs a lot when I first got them. Back then I was into AutoX and they worked good. Since then I have switched over to drag racing, and the fronts where too stiff. Also, did I mention that the C springs really lower the front a lot. Any ways, I took them out and cut a coil off my stock springs. That brought the front back up a little, and provide a soft spring rate. I still run the C springs in the rear.

Here is an old picture with just the C springs

Here it is stock

I think the cheapest place to get them is GEF racing. They are listed for $110. For that price it makes the perfect springs for the budget minded guy.
http://www.gefracing.com/

 

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if you cut the dead coil (I'm assuming you are talking about the flat part on the top of the coil) then how does the spring sit correctly? Doesn't the top need to be flat so it meets the metal part on the frame that holds it flushly?

 

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millatime said:

if you cut the dead coil (I'm assuming you are talking about the flat part on the top of the coil) then how does the spring sit correctly? Doesn't the top need to be flat so it meets the metal part on the frame that holds it flushly?

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Don't worry about this. Between the rubber isolator on top of it, and the fact that it gets compressed when installed the spring sits just fine.

 

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oh ok...well I'll keep that in mind if they don't settle enough for my taste

 

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I'm using "B" springs which have the same drop as Cs but are a closer to the stock ratio for a slightly better ride.

 

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where do you get B springs, this is the first i've heard of them...

 

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Any place that carries FRPPs should have 'em. GEFracing comes to mind, or DPM. I plan to order a set myself soon.

BigConig, with your B's, did you cut the rear coils or leave them as is?