Street Suspension Combo Questions

[DieHarder]

Best combo I've found to date for the street (lowered 1/2" F and 1" R) are Rousch springs, GT500 strut bearings and Bilstein B6's. Firm, yet compliant for the street and handle well in the mountains. Spin the strut bearings 180 deg (make the cutout point in vs out) and camber comes in around an ideal -0.7/-0.8 each side (at least mine did).

 

[Samos3]

Bilsteins are night and day better than the STR.t's. The koni's are known to leak as well.

My first set of Konis made to 75k or so. Bilsteins are in my future.

 

[Samos3]

Best combo I've found to date for the street (lowered 1/2" F and 1" R) are Rousch springs, GT500 strut bearings and Bilstein B6's. Firm, yet compliant for the street and handle well in the mountains. Spin the strut bearings 180 deg (make the cutout point in vs out) and camber comes in around an ideal -0.7/-0.8 each side (at least mine did).

Already have the upper mounts in and spun.

 

[GriffX]

Something what I noticed, I installed the Tokico D-Specs on stock suspension and used 5 on the dial. After I changed to the stiffer 2014 GT sway bars I could change the settings to 6.5, that means softer.

 

[Samos3]

So, a little frustration to add to the search. Received my front bar yesterday. Number portion of tag is torn off. The pic on Ebay showed the tag and number. Figured I'd look at the pics from the ad to determine this is actually the same bar. NO SUCH LUCK! Ebay no longer allows access to the original listing and pics after a sale is made. Lesson learned...download all the pics of the item you buy before buying it. I have no way of confirming this is the same bar. It does measure 35.998mm and does have the links attached. And it's pretty clean. My only way to theoretically confirm it is to compare the barcode that remains on the tag to a bar code in a pic of a bar with the same tag number ending in BE....if the barcode is just the tag number....

 

[JC SSP]

Are you sure eBay doesn’t allow you to see original listing pictures?

I can see all of mine going back to last year.

From “purchases” (your order history) select the item. Scroll to “Item Info” and select. You should see “See Original Listing” select that and all pics will be available….

 

[Samos3]

Are you sure eBay doesn’t allow you to see original listing pictures?

I can see all of mine going back to last year.

From “purchases” (your order history) select the item. Scroll to “Item Info” and select. You should see “See Original Listing” select that and all pics will be available….

For the past week or so, I noticed this with another purchase, I haven't been able to see the original listings. Using the exact process you described. On my phone or home PC, didn't matter. As soon as I hit 'See Original Listing' it would take me to a screen showing only the black bottom of the ebay page where you can log out. No scrolling up or down.

Now it works. Yet another glitchy moment brought to us by the same people who want to infuse everything with glitchy AI.

Thanks for making me try again!

 

[Juice]

I'll be the fly in the ointment.
You cannot beat stock for comfort. If you are not tracking the car, stock is fine.
If you are tracking it (HPDE) stock is 'not bad at all'.
So the question is: comfort vs braggin' rights. lol

 

[Samos3]

I'll be the fly in the ointment.
You cannot beat stock for comfort. If you are not tracking the car, stock is fine.
If you are tracking it (HPDE) stock is 'not bad at all'.
So the question is: comfort vs braggin' rights. lol

I have fun twisty back roads. I like a fun, responsive car. If I'm 'braggin', I'm not drivin'!

 

[JC SSP]

Car handling, braking, acceleration and even looks are all subjective. Mod and enjoy as you see fit. Life is too short for anything else.

 

[Juice]

Get some 200 treadwear tires.
Best handling mod, hands down.

 

[Samos3]

Get some 200 treadwear tires.
Best handling mod, hands down.

I have to watch that....I do commute year round, 62 miles round trip, but not in snow. Or threat of snow. Or if I saw ice in the freezer.

 

[StockishS197]

Get some 200 treadwear tires.
Best handling mod, hands down.

This plus lightweight wheels and a 285 width squared setup will make a huge improvement even on just some back country twisties

Everything else is subjective/trial and error.

FWIW, I run Eibach Pro Kits plus Koni oranges in my vert with FRPP (Eibach) front and rear sway bars and the car handles and rides great. Great middle ground setup. Though the Konis are starting to leak already

 

[Samos3]

This plus lightweight wheels and a 285 width squared setup will make a huge improvement even on just some back country twisties

Everything else is subjective/trial and error.

FWIW, I run Eibach Pro Kits plus Koni oranges in my vert with FRPP (Eibach) front and rear sway bars and the car handles and rides great. Great middle ground setup. Though the Konis are starting to leak already

Running oem 18x8.5s with 255 all around. A little extra tread on the ground, but more for a little rim protection. Visually adds a little beefyness to the tire.
Probably due for new tires next year.

 

[Samos3]

So, a little frustration to add to the search. Received my front bar yesterday. Number portion of tag is torn off. The pic on Ebay showed the tag and number. Figured I'd look at the pics from the ad to determine this is actually the same bar. NO SUCH LUCK! Ebay no longer allows access to the original listing and pics after a sale is made. Lesson learned...download all the pics of the item you buy before buying it. I have no way of confirming this is the same bar. It does measure 35.998mm and does have the links attached. And it's pretty clean. My only way to theoretically confirm it is to compare the barcode that remains on the tag to a bar code in a pic of a bar with the same tag number ending in BE....if the barcode is just the tag number....

Bar is confirmed to be the one in the pics. It seems to have acquired some 'shelf wear' since the pics, but it is the same one.

Probably going to buy the rear bar new from Ford or Ford parts dealer. Most I see on ebay look like they could use new links, so not much savings there.

 

[LS Murphy]

Bar is confirmed to be the one in the pics. It seems to have acquired some 'shelf wear' since the pics, but it is the same one.

Probably going to buy the rear bar new from Ford or Ford parts dealer. Most I see on ebay look like they could use new links, so not much savings there.

I have the Steeda bars front and rear and I'm quite happy with those.

 

[Samos3]

Hanging out on Ebay last night I ran across a 24mm OEM (confimed as it still had the blue tag that says 24mm AG suffix) rear swaybar. $71 shipped. Came off a 67k California car.
Should be just fine as a match to the 35mm front bar.
Maybe this weekend....