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[QUOTE]Originally posted by v-town coupe: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by 66_5.0: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Secnd2nun64: [qb] I would do the drop or cut 1/2 a coil. Not both. Ill take some measurements on where mine sits. It def low upfront tho. You should get your wheels picked out first if you plan to go bigger. Your going to rub the rear tires with mideyes. My m/t are roughly the same size. Mine rub if I put anyone in the backseat. You should be able to clear them if you roll the fender lips. I would be scared of jacking up the new paint. 225/60/r15 would clear. Measured and the top of the front wheel arch is just under 24" and the rear is just over 26". My front valance is 9" off the ground. [/qb][/QUOTE]Ok yours is definately a lot lower than mine. I appreciate all the help you and everyone else has been giving, I have some options as for what I want to do. Unfortunately she wont be getting any attention until after Christmas :( [/qb][/QUOTE]Id cut the front first then figure out which rears to get. almost everyone i know has bought the mid eye springs and are un-happy due to the fact it pretty much raises your car from where its at now. every single one of them has gone ahead and bought the reverse eye at this point. I do want to add that you have the 64-66 body style and most of the people im referring to have a 67-71 stang. i know your wheel opening is smaller on the early cars. As far as the front springs go, Maier racing told me that the rule of thumb they use is: figure out how much you want to lower the car in inches pull the coil spring out and put the flat side on the ground and measure to the highest point. That gives you your overall spring height. then take half of what you want to lower the car out of the total height of the spring. for example you want to lower your car 2" and your spring is a total height of 15" so then you have this 2"/.5=1" which means you will be taking 1 inch out of the spring then you go 15"-1"=14" of total spring height. so then you would run your tape measure till you reach 14" and that would be your cutting point and after you cut one then lay the existing piece on the other spring and it will give you your cut mark on the other spring. not trying to make anyone feel stupid but usually if your not here in person to see it its better broken down. Ever since he told me this i've used it and to be honest its not super exact but pretty damn close. Its a lot better then ahh lets just cut a coil and see where its at or the ole famous get out the torch and heat them up. something else to consider would be a shelby drop before spring cutting. also about 6 months ago a buddy of mine whos on a budget couldnt really handle the ride of the his super hacked up springs anymore so he went ahead and bought this: http://www.totalcontrolproducts.com/vas_bolton-co.html with the 2" lowering cap and mounted some shorter bump stops and with a little spring adjustment plus the arm drop the stance was pretty damn close back to the way it was and the ride was WAAAAAY better! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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