wtb lowered spring convertion kit

[PenGun]

Well I can tell you the Strutmasters are kinda poor. The best springs I put in a car were the GM factory ones for my 69 Cutlass. They were very nice.

Once you have new or at least good shocks you can quite easily tell the difference between springs.

 

[dnsherrill]

Well I can tell you the Strutmasters are kinda poor. The best springs I put in a car were the GM factory ones for my 69 Cutlass. They were very nice.

Once you have new or at least good shocks you can quite easily tell the difference between springs.

yea, i went with SM's...but I also went with new, expensive shocks...my ride is fine, no regrets with my purchase...saved money for other toys

 

[Sapperfire]

I don't pay for things that I don't need... its a method I've learned living as a poor person

Its not some odd theory that SM uses a lower grade steel. If the cars to be used a DD back and forth to work, has trash on the floor and only sees a car wash when it rains then use the cheapest stuff thatll make the thing work
The rest of us are Lincoln ENTHUSIASTS and prefer our cars to run right, look good, handle good, brake good, smell good, and just overall not be a rolling turd waiting for its turn to get scrapped

 

[dnsherrill]

I'll keep an eye out for a mark viii in the Smithsonian! I guess it won't be mine since i have second rate coils...lol

 

[Sapperfire]

My Mark is almost 100%
Nolan's Mark only needs an occasional dusting
Terry Mark has had over $1000 just spent on pieces for a face lift..

The Smithsonian?? IM the lvc smart ass!

 

[PenGun]

Mine is my project car. It only gets the best. I have paid quite a bit more for several parts just because new and OEM are more. I go a fair bit down the road to put 94 octane gas in her and I wash her more than any car I have ever owned. It's that kind of a car.

I almost need brakes and I am nursing her till I can afford Cobra brakes instead of wasting a couple of hundred $s on the nicer ebay set. I hope to have enough for air springs in a few days and I am pleased with my car although there is a lot to do and I am old and terminally lazy.

She is my project though and to me that means, sorry to steal your name dude, no limit, although the possible always rules.

 

[Spree]

IM the lvc smart ass!

I agree, but that's cool!

 

[Spree]

All my previous cars have been standard sprung cars until this mark viii which was all original with working air ride and 70k miles on it at the time of purchase..and it surely didn't impress me at all with the ride quality..not sure if the 2nd gen style front air shock has a different feel to it but mine surely didn't ride that soft, and I hate the floaty feel when you go over a bump or dip it feels like it takes forever to stop rebounding..just don't like it.

My Mark never did feel floaty. I have new (kinda) front factory "air" springs (probable 20K miles, 6 years old maybe, i'd have to check). Rear's are original with 197K. My front's are the all metal and not the plastic like nolimit's, which I'm sure are just as good, (sorry I don't have pic's at the moment). But my point is that my mark drives and handles just like a sport's car with a luxury feel, not the floaty big boat feel. There is no way a mark on spring's compare to a mark on air!!! I never drove one on springs before tho....so maybe I'm wrong. But for almost 200K this thing rides like a dream.....maybe I got one of the good one's or the part's I put on were A#1! I dunno.

 

[chris2523]

But for almost 200K this thing rides like a dream.....

198k!! nice!

196k myself and rocking new oem front air shocks and bilstein cobra shocks in the rear.
its pretty stiff and the car is planted at all times. dropped into a clover leaf earlier today around 30mph, put the power down, and exited around 60. i couldn't do that with the factory rear shocks and the crappy front arnotts.

 

[dnsherrill]

IM the lvc smart ass!

hold onto that crown, there's always a new kid in town trying to take it from ya
:bowrofl:

 

[dnsherrill]

if I can find new fronts for less than 300 each, I'll keep the new (white) car on air...I can't really justify spending over $1k just on suspension, when there could be more dominoes to fall

 

[Sapperfire]

I don't really try to be an ass.. it just happens that way