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J-rod
03-13-2007, 10:49 AM
anyone used one of these? i heard a lot about them on MW and corral. my GT sits a little lower on the driver side rear and i heard this is common. a company (i forget who and where) makes 3 different size spacers depending on your sag. $30 each.

i was going to order one when i get home....but thought id ask if anyone else has dealt with this.
Viper_ed
03-13-2007, 10:52 AM
I was just noticing mine looks the same way. Guess it's just "Ready to Launch!" and transfer the weight to the right rear. :D
J-rod
03-13-2007, 10:53 AM
yea its something to do with the body and weight or something.....once i fond the link ill post it. the spacer changes nothing but ride height.
J-rod
03-13-2007, 10:56 AM
found it. Global West



Rear spring perch spacers for leveling your cars ride height.http://www.globalwest.net/spring_spacers_mustang.jpg
You may have noticed some Mustangs from 1979-93 have a
lower ride height on the divers side rear. Not to worry, we have
a simple fix. We use a special rear coil spring spacer machined out of
billet. This will not change anything but the ride height. The
spring spacer goes under the coil spring and indexes on the control
arm. The spacer will also re-index the coil spring.
Spacers will also fit 1994-05 models.
We make 3 different height spacers.
Part# 1100 = 5/8 inch change
Part# 1101 = 3/4 inch change
Part# 1102 = 7/8 inch change
(Only one spacer needed per car) Price 28.59 ea.


http://www.globalwest.net/mustang%2079-98.htm#Rear%20spring%20perch%20spacers
Viper_ed
03-13-2007, 11:10 AM
You may want to put you new springs on 1st before ordering anything. The rear's are easy enough to get back out if you have to add one.

My car sat even when I had the lowering springs on it.
J-rod
03-13-2007, 11:13 AM
You may want to put you new springs on 1st before ordering anything. The rear's are easy enough to get back out if you have to add one.

My car sat even when I had the lowering springs on it.


hmmmm...yea i know the rears are easiest....i just figured in doing it right the first time. :eek:
Viper_ed
03-13-2007, 11:15 AM
hmmmm...yea i know the rears are easiest....i just figured in doing it right the first time. :eek:

Well, you would 1st have to see how much of a spacer you would need before you ordered it anyways.
J-rod
03-13-2007, 11:16 AM
Well, you would 1st have to see how much of a spacer you would need before you ordered it anyways.


:doh: thought i posted that here...i have roughly 1/2" difference.
Viper_ed
03-13-2007, 11:18 AM
:doh: thought i posted that here...i have roughly 1/2" difference.

But that's with the "Stock" springs. You have NO IDEA what the difference, if any with the new springs will be!
fast4ord
03-13-2007, 01:12 PM
Probably missing the isolators or they are dry rotted and broke. You can buy a polyurethance isolator kit from summit cheap, will be enought to do both springs.
J-rod
03-13-2007, 01:38 PM
i had planned on leaving the isolators out...and wrapping top/bottom of springs with electrical tape...gets a little lower ride and still no noise since the tape is there. :dunno:


did it to a couple of my cars before.
fast4ord
03-13-2007, 08:41 PM
i had planned on leaving the isolators out...and wrapping top/bottom of springs with electrical tape...gets a little lower ride and still no noise since the tape is there. :dunno:


did it to a couple of my cars before.


Your joking right? :goodidea:
87notch
03-13-2007, 08:55 PM
i had planned on leaving the isolators out...and wrapping top/bottom of springs with electrical tape...gets a little lower ride and still no noise since the tape is there. :dunno:


did it to a couple of my cars before.

So thats why they call you 'The Hillbilly'.:Bucktooth:
Smallville
03-13-2007, 08:58 PM
So it's not just Ed,,,, EVERYONE seems to rip on Jared! :biglaugh:
383taman
03-13-2007, 09:12 PM
:pianodance:
J-rod
03-13-2007, 09:32 PM
no actually i wasnt joking...i had done it to several stangs...my white 95 had the stance i loved..... but this fox is brutal to drive already....damn near piss blood after driving to work it beats me up so bad.


but i called lou and added some isolators to my order.
J-rod
03-16-2007, 11:25 AM
well the rest of my parts came in from Lou....so ill get everything together and leave tomorrow to install it.

yes i ordered some isolators....although the front top ones look pretty damn huge.....if i dont like the ride ill pull them and take the iso's out.
Viper_ed
03-16-2007, 11:30 AM
.....if i dont like the ride ill pull them and take the iso's out.
Don't use Electrical tape, do it RIGHT and use Ductape! :sticktonge:

You are from West By God Virginia after all! :balls1:
J-rod
03-16-2007, 11:31 AM
You are from West By God Virginia after all!

GAWD DAYUM RIGHT!!!! :thmbsup:



but fyi it is called kentucky chrome here in WV.
Viper_ed
03-16-2007, 11:33 AM
but fyi it is called kentucky chrome here in WV.

:rotflol: I think you're still living in denial. Everyone knows it's called West Virginia Chrome! :cool:
5k#Eaton
03-16-2007, 11:59 AM
:rofl: :rofl:
:rotflol: I think you're still living in denial. Everyone knows it's called West Virginia Chrome! :cool:
J-rod
03-16-2007, 12:00 PM
you gawd dayum pitt people :(
thelast50ho
03-23-2007, 04:35 PM
Why dont you just skip all the hassel and just heat your springs up with a torch till its lower lol
J-rod
03-23-2007, 05:04 PM
cause i bought all new gear from Lou. :)
INSANELY CRAZY
03-23-2007, 06:57 PM
hey i gots an idea.... just take the springs out completly.. yea thats the way to do it , it will sit level then..lol
Martin0660
03-25-2007, 06:44 PM
Has anyone used the Global West spacers? Do you actually order the amount of change you need, or is there some other formula? I've got about 3/4" lower on the DS, so a 3/4" spacer would do it? seems like there would be more to it as the spacer would change the loading on the springs at different corners, then change that ride height.

Bob Myers
J-rod
03-25-2007, 06:55 PM
i know guys who used them...call global west and they will help you.
Tony71502
12-23-2008, 12:08 PM
So why cant you just buy new springs instead of wasting time on a set of stock springs with worn out and differing spring rates?
SonofaBish
12-23-2008, 12:39 PM
So why cant you just buy new springs instead of wasting time on a set of stock springs with worn out and differing spring rates?
Did you notice that this thread is damn near 2 years old?
Tony71502
12-23-2008, 01:21 PM
How is the date relevant to the information. It's not.
Martin0660
12-23-2008, 01:34 PM
So why cant you just buy new springs instead of wasting time on a set of stock springs with worn out and differing spring rates?

I don't know about anyone else, but I still have the "fox lean" even with new springs. It's a chassis thing with these cars. There are some things to help it, but coil overs up front seems to be the most reliable fix. 9 out of 10 times the issue is up front and has nothing to do with the rears.
biminiLX
12-23-2008, 01:42 PM
I agree Bob, I have front and rear coilovers and the rears have different installed height to make it level, fronts are same adjustment--weird.
-J
Martin0660
12-23-2008, 01:50 PM
rear coilovers

Who's rear kit are you running? Does it use a stock upper mount and just a bolt on lower? Whose shocks are they?? Coil overs are on my to do list (maybe ver the summer) been doing some reading and only really came up with MM as a bolt in.
J-rod
12-23-2008, 04:58 PM
i ended up using LMM springs front and rear with no iso's at all. sat fine imo. i sold it a few months later.


holy old thread batman!
biminiLX
12-23-2008, 05:59 PM
Who's rear kit are you running? Does it use a stock upper mount and just a bolt on lower? Whose shocks are they?? Coil overs are on my to do list (maybe ver the summer) been doing some reading and only really came up with MM as a bolt in.
Sorry Bob no bolt-in, its a Strange kit set-up by Team Z when they did the minitub. I think the key with mounting them is just the length between the upper and lower mount if you wanted to make one or the other.
-J