will these work w/stock shocks & strutts

rw98gt said:

does anyone know if these springs will work w/factory
springs and shocks???

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Forget about it.
Shocks are wear n tear items and they will need replacing eventually even with stock springs.
Lowering springs will accelerate the shock wear to an nth degree.

Roos85 said:

What kind of shocks and struts is everyone running?

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I'm satisfied with my KYB GR2's.
They are gas-pressurized, and supposedly they last longer than the oil-filled ones. We'll see how that goes.

tokicos, put close to 75k on them with c springs, and they did the job.

rw98gt said:

what would work best w/these springs w/out costing a fortune.

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Go with the tokicos. They are $316 for the set at stangsuspension. From what i've heard they are good. I'm still waiting for mine to get here. But yeah, do the shocks/struts when you do the springs.

rw98gt said:

what would work best w/these springs w/out costing a fortune.

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If you are on a very tight budget, the KYBs should be fine.
:SNSign:

So what the difference between a cheaper set like the Tokio blues compared to a more expensive set like Bilstein? Is there a difference in ride quality? Are they stiffer? I'll be pairing them up with a set of H&R SS springs.

COramprat said:

I have Tokico's. just the cheap ones that come on the Mach 1's but they have been pretty good.

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+1. I bought the same thing right from the Ford dealership for my 96 Cobra. My car rides like a dream now.

navarro98gt said:

So what the difference between a cheaper set like the Tokio blues compared to a more expensive set like Bilstein? Is there a difference in ride quality? Are they stiffer? I'll be pairing them up with a set of H&R SS springs.

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I would say the name. If you are just driving your car around town, and an occasional track day here and there, the Tokicos will work fine. If you are into road racing for money or something, I would buy some of the more expensive ones I guess.

sorry to bring this back up but just replaced the springs in my car and i am going to get new struts and shocks and was woundering what to get.

i have h&r ss and have heard that i need a shorter strut and shock. does anyone have anymore info on this.

and are the struts and shocks on fox bodies what i need because i have heard that they are a little shorter and work better.