Minnesota Focus Owners Club

I am looking for opinions on the type/brand of Springs and Struts to lower my car with the stock sway bars (for now)??
I am still looking for good ride quality and I still have to drive in the snow.

But, you have an EAP???????

H&R!

here ya go jen:
http://www.focussport.com/springs.htm

Or if your willing to throw some money around, get the cup kit.
http://www.focussport.com/cupkit.htm

CrazySVTChick wrote:I am looking for opinions on the type/brand of Springs and Struts to lower my car with the stock sway bars (for now)??
I am still looking for good ride quality and I still have to drive in the snow.

I would consider a set of 225 45's instead of new springs/struts. You will reduce the wheel gap some more, pick up a better ride with the taller sidewall, and have no clearance issues to worry about. You will lose ride quality with any spring/strut swap.

CrazySVTChick wrote:I am looking for opinions on the type/brand of Springs and Struts to lower my car with the stock sway bars (for now)??
I am still looking for good ride quality and I still have to drive in the snow.

Don't worry about your sway bars. Your sway bars won't have anything to do with the drop. But when you get springs, go for the springs, shocks and struts. The lowered springs will kick the shit out of the stock SVT stuff, and it will ride like crap acouple months down the road.

cup kit, or some h&r's and a set of koni adjustables.

mnfocusS wrote:cup kit, or some h&r's and a set of koni adjustables.

LOL...I think the Cup Kit and Koni Adj are alittle over kill for what she wants.

Don't change anything on it.

You'll be messing with decades of pedigree.

o2designs wrote:

mnfocusS wrote:cup kit, or some h&r's and a set of koni adjustables.

LOL...I think the Cup Kit and Koni Adj are alittle over kill for what she wants.

True that is a little over kill. One reason for doing it soon is because my front struts seem like thay are shot, and my right tire rubs on the fender in turns and over bumps. I will be looking under it today to verify that this is what is wrong for sure but I do know I need to find something as good as stock but lower.

Papshmear wrote: But, you have an EAP???????
Don't change anything on it.
You'll be messing with decades of pedigree.

I know it is an EAP which is better than a zx3 because it is an EAP but even though it is an EAP I still have the same crappy susp. quality as any other stock non EAP focus. It would be impossible for an EAP to lose decades of pedigree because the EAP has the pedigree bread into them from the factory and the EAP has not been around for decades even though the EAP should have been. LMAO!!!

actually that's incorrect, you have the same suspension as any svt focus.

all joking aside, call steve get his opinion, buy shocks / struts. fin.

I don't really have any lowering options any more, FRPP dropped everything.

I'd watch the for sale section on Focaljet to see what pops up, I've got stock SVT dampers with K-W springs and I'm pretty happy with them.

I have had my tires rub both front and back depending on the turn or dip in the road. But not anything bad.

Pappy wrote:Don't change anything on it.

You'll be messing with decades of pedigree.

Roflmao. But I'd look at what Jordan did, He got some Sportline springs and struts. spent around 300. Correct me if I'm wrong...

You could maybe PM HotRodWagon...I bet he could get you a good deal on all new stuff. I have Street Tech springs on the wagon, and they seem to be pretty good. A alright drop. Not aggressive, but the rates are rather soft, so the ride is'nt half bad. I'll be ditching these in the spring for something alittle stiffer.

FORDSVTPARTS wrote:I don't really have any lowering options any more, FRPP dropped everything.

I'd watch the for sale section on Focaljet to see what pops up, I've got stock SVT dampers with K-W springs and I'm pretty happy with them.

I have had my tires rub both front and back depending on the turn or dip in the road. But not anything bad.

Just start happening last weekend, happens if I hit a dip/bump in the road and on right turns, but not left turns. I checked my susp. tonight everything looks fine.