help, lowered coil conversion guys

[turborich]

I am thinking about picking up a lowered coil conversion for the Mark, Could somebody tell me how to tell the difference between the lowered coils & struts vs. the standard hieght ones? Can they be measured? what are the lowered kit measurements? etc.

The guy selling them was told that they were a lowered kit but is not sure since he picked them up used.

Thanks, Rich.

 

[BAD97LSC]

email eddie at american air and ask him for the measurements, thats the easiest way to tell the lowered strut should be roughly 1 inch shorter with no weight on it. or count the amount of coils.

 

[k9t8m]

I know Rich has some pics of his car with the lowered coils, it sits pretty darn low.

 

[BAD97LSC]

yeah but i think the point is here, the conversion he is looking at is not on the car, so there is no real way to know if its a lowered kit or standard by just looking at the parts laying on the floor!!

 

[k9t8m]

o my bad. I misunderstood.

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

Rich, can you post the answer when you find out?

Thanks,
Jay

 

[turborich]

Rich, can you post the answer when you find out?

Thanks,
Jay

If and when I find out for sure, I will post it. I just spoke with the seller & he says that strut masters told him there is no visible difference as the coils & struts are the same height but the spring rate if different. I'm not sure though.

 

[turborich]

o my bad. I misunderstood.

Thanks for finding these for me! If I can get the shipping down a few bucks I will get them.

 

[turborich]

Oh well, I wanted the used lowered coil conversion but he sold it. After contacting arnott, strutmasters & eddie, I decided just to buy a new lowered coil kit from Eddie. It's the strutmasters kit but he sells it for less. He also doesn't mind talking to you on the phone.

I really wanted to keep the air but didn't want to deal with having to buy new rears next, or a compressor in the future. I should have the kit by next friday or so. I will post a pic once I get it installed.

 

[kustomizingkid]

Hopefully you enjoy the coil kit, the air is sweet but the coils are reliable!

 

[turborich]

That's what I am thinking at this point, No worries. If money wasn't an issue then i would have kept the air ride stuff.

 

[kustomizingkid]

If money wasn't an issue my car would be getting a full custom air ride set up.... but money is always the issue.

 

[Markviiiedrea]

I talked to edie and he said his lowered kit is just the normal kit with 1 full coil removed. I asked because my project came with coils and there to tall for me, so I asked him how much lowered one's where and he told me too just cut one coil off. I cant remember if he said from the top or bottom though. I believe its the non flat side, I think. Any one know for sure?

 

[cadillackman]

I cut mine from the top, I took 3 inches of coil off of each one & it sits pretty level now.

 

[Markviiiedrea]

I'm guessing that was about 1/4 of a coil? how far did it drop? 1/2 inch?

 

[turborich]

Yes, Eddie told me that the lowered kit had 1 coil removed, However strutmasters said otherwise. I think I believe Eddie.

 

[mespock]

email eddie at american air and ask him for the measurements, thats the easiest way to tell the lowered strut should be roughly 1 inch shorter with no weight on it. or count the amount of coils.

I agree call Eddie and he'll let you know.

I have both sets and let me tell you the lower is more than 1.5"s when it settles..

I had to change my 245 45 16s to 235 60 16's to just keep it from bottoming out.

Pics of my car are in my garage... I wanted to post a pic of all my cars to show the diff side by side but I haven't taken that pic yet. Maybe after my street is finished...