The M-5560-ZXM1 springs are what you need w/M-18000-ZX3B dampers. The oem dampers you have w/ what ever milege won't work w/ 1.5'' drop springs. Do it & your doing it again soon down the road. Hit up Steve at Toulsey. You can do a lot better then that price.
Thanks for the info, i was on the toulsey site and noticed some other sets that had springs and the dampers, do you know is the combo you mentioned comes in some sort of package?
Also give Village Ford a call. It should be around $330 for the spring and damper kit, then what ever shipping is.
They work well together, you dont want to use those spring with your stock shocks/struts. You would wear out your stock stuff fast and then have to do the install again or deal with a lousy ride []
How about the ones from ford with the .5 drop, how do they hold up on the stock suspension? I was looking at some pics of the 1.5 inch drop and that's lower than i thought it would be, it just seems way too damn high on the springs I have now
When you drop a car, you take the factory shocks out of their optimal operating position. For gas shocks, this means the gasses are compressed beyond their designed thresholds just sitting still and it won't be long until they start leaking fluid and you notice major performance degradation.
If you're getting new springs, just do yourself a favor and get new dampers at the same time. It can be a pain to disassemble the struts to install the new springs just to then do it again a year later. Your stock shocks and struts will wear out pretty quickly on lowering springs; ask me how I know.
Ok thanks, I wasn't sure if the cars with the .5s from ford were just on the standard suspension or not. Us that what the svt dampers are for then, the smaller drop. So if I order the svt kit it should be the . 5 drop and the dampers that go with it right?
Ok thanks, I wasn't sure if the cars with the .8s from ford were just on the standard suspension or not. Us that what the svt dampers are for then, the smaller drop. So if I order the svt kit it should be the . 8 drop and the dampers that go with it right?
I'd have to agree, Ford should of had this ride height from the factory. I've had mine on for a couple years now and never had any issue being too low. I've driven in some pretty crazy winter/rain conditions and never had any problems.
I am going lower in the very near future as the 1.5" doesnt seem low at all.
Thanks to all the good help and advice of Felix and all the good threads on here (mainly Felix lol), I've decided I'm doing the FRPP 1.5" springs and FRPP shocks/struts. If I had extra money I'd def do 2'' + but that involved a couple hundred more bucks at least. OP I'd do the 1.5" for sure. Don't do the .5 "hoping" it settles to .8". It won't be low enough for you and 1.5" is not that much. It's basically perfect IMO
Can someone confirm, I'll need Castor plates up front and camber bolts for the rears correct?
Your welcome, glad to help, Choate. No you won't need camber plates for the front, & I doubt you'll need camber bolts for the rear. Just to add=, I have -1.6/1.7 rear camber w/ a 2'' drop & a 2 degrees negative camber for the front w/ no tire wear issues. Just make sure your toe is set at zero for the front & +0.10 per side for the rear. Check the tire inflation & rotate your tires ever oil change.
My left rear was a bit out of spec when i first took it for alignment after i did my frpp suspension. I grabbed a pair of these to get the rear dialed in nice. Put a good set of goodyears on the car, didn't want to prematurely wear out the tires. Spc arms sold by ac delco. http://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-45K01...&sr=8-3&keywords=focus+rear+upper+control+arm
After reading through this post, I'm convinced i can definitely do this myself to mine as well. I'm thinking of putting this on my long list of To Do Projects. Assuming i read the post correctly, I can make this happen with FRPP Springs and FRPP Shock/Struts right?
Very Nice!! The gap between the fender and wheel Really bothers me. This upgrade is definitely on my "eventually" portion of the To Do, but man i can't wait to (hopefully) get this done.
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