Rear spring seats

[Cheez_94]

Any of youz guyz around here know where I can get a set of spring seats to do a spring conversion on the rear of my Mark? I went with Koni's and Eibachs so I don't have any like the ones that come with the Am Air or Arnott kits. I would like to have the spring seat set that Arnott has in their kits but they said they won't sell the seats seperate. Do the T-bird's have them or are they built into the IRS framework? Help please

Thanks

 

[wood_e]

http://www.lincolnsonline.com/tech/00240.html

^ there's what you need

 

[kustomizingkid]

If I were doing it I would make a better bucket than that... but I have welders and torches... so ya know...

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

Torches is good to have but Plasma Cutters are made from heaven...I love plasma cutters

 

[wood_e]

kk - how would you do it better? I need to have some of those made...

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

cut out rings from a 7" pipe that's a 1/4" walled and weld those rings onto 7" square plate and cut the corners off making the plates rounded with the rings...then clean them off with a grinder and paint them and sell them in pairs

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

with the studs welded on them of course

 

[htrdlincoln98]

cut out rings from a 7" pipe that's a 1/4" walled and weld those rings onto 7" square plate and cut the corners off making the plates rounded with the rings...then clean them off with a grinder and paint them and sell them in pairs

Sounds like a dirt and water trap. Rusty

 

[shiryu0]

Sounds like a dirt and water trap. Rusty

you only put those on top, the bottom u can just put a rubber pad, or get these:

http://supercoupeperformance.com/partBrowser.aspx?partId=237




i got the top metal seat from american air with the SCP poly spring cups on mine.......

 

[htrdlincoln98]

Well then great idea.

 

[kustomizingkid]

I would just do a complete cup instead of four corner tab bs...

 

[wood_e]

So what's the verdict? Get the cups from SC performance and forget about the metal thing?

 

[luxuryrules]

So what's the verdict? Get the cups from SC performance and forget about the metal thing?

You'll need both. The metal perches are required because the spring needs a place to brace against the frame - all that is there is a hole into which the top of the air bag locks into. The rubber cups will correct the ride height because Thunderbird springs will actually make you sit a tad shorter than stock on account of deeper cups in the LCAs.

The link posted from lincolnsonline is an upper spring perch that was reverse engineered from a perch included in one of the coil conversions bought from one of the reputable companies which comes highly recommended here on these forums. Well, reverse engineered is a fancy way of saying "I used dial calipers and a ruler and measured the old ones." Cobrastar's idea will probably work just fine too. Whichever you prefer.

Get it powder coated or zinc plated and you will be just fine. I've used a set for years on my car, withstanding our oversalted roads (salt=rust and Pennsyltucky uses more salt than any other state) and more than a couple autocross events.

 

[Cheez_94]

Arnotts just called me back, they want 100 bucks for a set of machined seats so that's the way I will go. It may seem like alot but when you factor in that they are made from alloy and don't require powder or some other coating to keep from rusting it's a good deal.

So now does anyone want to give me the secret on how to turn off the warning on the message center?

Pretty Please

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

http://www.arnottindustries.com/file.asp?fileId=111

 

[Cheez_94]

Thanks for the info Cobra.

Update, Lisa Arnott just e-mailed me and said the price was 150 not 100, jeez maybe I will drag my mig out of storage and make my own, jackin me on a price that was already given is lame.

 

[wood_e]

I'll buy a set if you end up making some!

 

[luxuryrules]

Thanks for the info Cobra.

Update, Lisa Arnott just e-mailed me and said the price was 150 not 100, jeez maybe I will drag my mig out of storage and make my own, jackin me on a price that was already given is lame.

Holy S***!!!! That's a pretty epic failure.

Yes, I spoke will all the air suspension companies trying to buy a pair of those before I gave up and had a set made. Don't know why they won't sell them, but they just don't want to.

So I then had my set made and zinc plated for $80. I won