LOWERING MY 2012 Boss 302

[SPEEDGUNNER]

I filled a bucket list item last summer and picked up a 2012 Boss 302. Love the car, but there were three things that bugged me mildly. First, the grill with the faux intakes needed to go and I found that to be an easy fix. Had that done before the weather turned cool. My next mission was to upgrade the factory 19" wheels, in my thinking the polished rim made the wheel look smaller and diminished the overall profile of the car. I upgraded to 20" wheels, with tires sized to keep the odometer correct but now the amount of "air" in the wheelwell appears excessive. I really did not want to lower the car as I have read many stories of ALL the variables needed to be dealt with when trying to bring the car down and I am not really interested in going to some of those extremes. What is the simple solution to lowering the car to close up that gap without dropping it to the ground? Is it as simple as a set of springs, or will more be necessary regardless?

TIA

 

[07gts197]

At the minimum with lowering springs you’ll want an adjustable panhard bar to recenter the rear end. I don’t know what you’ll be using the car for but anything other than ocassional cruising you’ll want caster/camber plates, lca relocation brackets at the minimum. Any track duty and you’ll need more.


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[RavenGT]

First, the grill with the faux intakes needed to go and I found that to be an easy fix.

If by "faux intakes" you mean the foglight deletes, there's nothing faux about them. They allow a significant increase in the amount of air passing through your radiator during extended high RPM running.

 

[ford20]

Do you have a picture of the car now with the wheels? How far are you looking at lowering the car?

 

[Macman45]

At the minimum with lowering springs you’ll want an adjustable panhard bar to recenter the rear end. I don’t know what you’ll be using the car for but anything other than ocassional cruising you’ll want caster/camber plates, lca relocation brackets at the minimum. Any track duty and you’ll need more.


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Yes this is mostly true. Depends on how low. I just did the relocation brackets and adjustable panahrd with the Eibach 2.2" drop, one of the more severe ones and im good.

 

[07gts197]

Yes this is mostly true. Depends on how low. I just did the relocation brackets and adjustable panahrd with the Eibach 2.2" drop, one of the more severe ones and im good.

I should have made that more clear but thanks for adding.


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[SPEEDGUNNER]

Hey Guys,


Thanks for all the responses. Lots of good suggestions, and the Ford spring kit seems to be the hot setup. I am not planning on running the car at the track nor will I be doing any drag racing, for me this car is a cruiser (blasphemy!) but I want it to look sharp at the same time. With the current suspension set up the wheelwell gap makes it look like a 4X4 and I really want to eliminate that look. I have no desire to “slam” the car to the ground, and I really don’t want to get involved in a comprehensive suspension/front end/rear axle rebuild just to close that gap. I am trying to keep it simple, and do the least necessary to bring the car down a little and not compromise drivability. Truthfully, I would rather not involve the front end (camber/caster plates/control arms) if I don’t have to, again I am trying to keep the mods to the car at a minimum. If a set of the M-5300-T springs will be sufficient that would be outstanding. If I need to add an adjustable panhard bar just to be safe I am good with that. Again, my interest is looks (with safety as an important consideration), not race capability.


I will post some pictures once we get some weather that cooperates. This one day of sunshine followed by three days of rain is getting tiresome.

 

[Macman45]

Just put on the FRPP K springs. 1.5” drop. I think the T springs are for a GT500 with a heavier front end. I ran the K’s for awhile before I wanted lower.

 

[JEWC_Motorsports]

BMR SP009 springs, BMR adjustable panhard bar, and rotate the upper strut mount 180 to get the alignment back in spec. /thread

 

[07 Boss]

How did the gap get bigger if you went with the same size tires?

 

[Shaggy]

Need pics!

 

[WNYGT5-0]

I filled a bucket list item last summer and picked up a 2012 Boss 302. Love the car, but there were three things that bugged me mildly. First, the grill with the faux intakes needed to go and I found that to be an easy fix. Had that done before the weather turned cool. My next mission was to upgrade the factory 19" wheels, in my thinking the polished rim made the wheel look smaller and diminished the overall profile of the car. I upgraded to 20" wheels, with tires sized to keep the odometer correct but now the amount of "air" in the wheelwell appears excessive. I really did not want to lower the car as I have read many stories of ALL the variables needed to be dealt with when trying to bring the car down and I am not really interested in going to some of those extremes. What is the simple solution to lowering the car to close up that gap without dropping it to the ground? Is it as simple as a set of springs, or will more be necessary regardless?

TIA

Can’t fix what we can’t see. Show us the car already... lol