are '12 and '13 suspensions the same? mine don't seem to be...

[LAStang1234]

We have a customer with a 2013 that he just installed a bunch of suspension parts on it from us. Everything worked perfect for him with zero issues.

Lol this post was pretty random!

 

[46Tbird]

Lol this post was pretty random!

BBR Racing made a post that their S197 parts work on a 2013 GT in a thread where someone wants to know if the 2013 suspension is the same as the earlier cars. Doesn't seem too random to me.

 

[dan02gt]

My 11 GT/CS measures about the same as the your girl's 12 and I have the FFDD springs. I wonder what options get you the FFCCs?

 

[UnleashedBeast]

Look at the spring code label on the bottom of the rear springs. It's guaranteed they don't match and the 2012 has a firmer spring resulting in the 1/2" taller ride height.

 

[Flyby763]

Maybe your springs have just settled a little more since its got some age on it and hers is new and has not settled yet.

 

[NickSezz]

Maybe your springs have just settled a little more since its got some age on it and hers is new and has not settled yet.

True...But the older one is the higher one...

 

[WILECYOT]

What about tire wear?

 

[WytHorse]

^ lol bro, you're killin me

 

[WILECYOT]

Tire wear = more wheel gap

 

[martin_nj]

Tire wear

since its got some age on it and hers is new and has not settled yet.

both cars are new, < 1000 miles

we just bought them - the story behind it is in one of my other posts =P


suffice it to say everyone gets a good laugh out of the two shiny new stangs in hte driveway

 

[martin_nj]

I wonder what options get you the FFCCs?

i wonder if it is as simple as hers being a GT Premium and mine is a GT (base model) that change puts leather and a heavier/better stereo in the car so maybe ford decided that increase in weight requires stiffer springs?

 

[Seer]

i wonder if it is as simple as hers being a GT Premium and mine is a GT (base model) that change puts leather and a heavier/better stereo in the car so maybe ford decided that increase in weight requires stiffer springs?

you're most likely correct.

 

[WILECYOT]

Stiffness of springs alone will not delegate ride height. Length of spring will also have to be taken into account. What little bit if weight that would be added from leather vs cloth and upgraded stereo I highly doubt that being the reason to have a seperate spring manufactured.

 

[atistang]

Stiffness of springs alone will not delegate ride height. Length of spring will also have to be taken into account. What little bit if weight that would be added from leather vs cloth and upgraded stereo I highly doubt that being the reason to have a seperate spring manufactured.

if this were true then loading the back of a pickup truck with a ton of gravel wouldn't change the ride height

 

[fdjizm]

How about the springs haven't settled yet? lol

 

[WILECYOT]

if this were true then loading the back of a pickup truck with a ton of gravel wouldn't change the ride height

Stiffness of a spring is known as the value k.

F=delta_x*k where delta_x is the displacement produced by the force acting on the spring.

In your situation you stated that the weight of the gravel, or the force exerted by the mass of the gravel multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity.

Now position will also be delegated by the starting length of the spring. Hence, as I was saying earlier, spring stiffness is not the only factor of the equation. If the 2013s spring is originally an inch longer then the ride height will be an inch higher if it's in the same car even if the spring rates are the same.

 

[Napoleon85]

Not sure if this is helpful to you or not, but I measured my '11 GT Premium before putting lowering springs on and I was right at 30" in the front (like your 12). I saw a '13 V6 base at a dealership today and thought it looked a bit lower than mine, but assumed it was just an optical illusion until reading this...

 

[martin_nj]

the general consensus is that my two cars have different spring codes printed on the door.

we're not 100% sure how different the springs specs are


well the V6 measurements i won't even begin to compare since that car is 300lbs lighter from the start... so who knows what ford is using for their spring codes

 

[atistang]

Stiffness of a spring is known as the value k.

F=delta_x*k where delta_x is the displacement produced by the force acting on the spring.

In your situation you stated that the weight of the gravel, or the force exerted by the mass of the gravel multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity.

Now position will also be delegated by the starting length of the spring. Hence, as I was saying earlier, spring stiffness is not the only factor of the equation. If the 2013s spring is originally an inch longer then the ride height will be an inch higher if it's in the same car even if the spring rates are the same.

No, what you said is te spring stiffness will not effect ride height. Now your contradicting yourself

 

[WILECYOT]

Stiffness of springs alone will not delegate ride height. Length of spring will also have to be taken into account. What little bit if weight that would be added from leather vs cloth and upgraded stereo I highly doubt that being the reason to have a seperate spring manufactured.

No, what you said is te spring stiffness will not effect ride height. Now your contradicting yourself

Reading comprehension, you don't have it.