Lowering springs

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cougarrsv

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May 4, 2011
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Have a question regarding lowering springs. All the sets I can find for the cougar appear to be a 30/35mm drop. I have however been offered a set of Mk2 Mondeo ST24 springs with a drop of 60mm.

Will the springs fit the cougars standard shocks or do I need to get the set specific to the cougar? I've just been reading one thread in the mods section but that is talking about changing the shocks too which I dont want to do.
 
im unsure as to the answer to your question bud but 60mm may be a tad too low tbh (dependand on size of wheels of course)
 
60mm would put it on the floor!
Mongy springs are much softer than ours, and a different shape/rating.
Col, the front of mine is dropped 35mm with Pi's, i have standards on the rear, but due to all the excess metal in the boot lol it has dropped it by roughly 20mm, makes mine seem level, but it aint lol
 
The only Mondeo springs that SHOULD fit are the ST200 ones as according to Ford bumph, they utilised the ST200 spring and damper setup on all European Cougars same as the wishbones and front subframes, rear subframe etc. I wouldn't however slam a Cougar 60mm, like Tony said, it'd hit the deck!
 
My first Cougar was on 40mm Apex springs and it was about right IMO. The second was on PI springs which are apparently a touch higher riding but it used to scrape on over speed bump going, which was both annoying and embarrassing when pedestrians would look to see which boy-racer-pile-of-tat was passing this time. The wheels also sat too high in the arches (boyracers may ask "is that possible?") so that the centroid of the wheel arch was very visibly different to the centre of the wheel. No good looking cars look like that - the gap between arch and wheel rim should be small but constant all the way round.

60mm is way too low...
 
I agree with all the above. 60mm would be crazy + if you ever want a bodykit on your car forget about it, it would get destroyed in no time. I was going to lower my car but after having 35 profile tyres on the fronts for 1 week that made me change my mind. It is just to low. Your choice at the end of the day, good luck with it if you do go for it.
 
Think I may pass on them then if thats going to be the case and just get the cougar specific kit when I've got the extra cash for them as the mongy springs were cheap, but if its going to hit the deck than thats not going to be any good.
 
Colin, you've seen my Coug up close and mine is sat on 30mm PI Springs. As others have said 40mm is about as low as you want to go, but as you have possibly seen in other threads, even though mine is on 30mm lowering springs I still scrape the exhaust underneath, even without the mid box. I would think long and hard before lowering yours too much matey.
 
Mine sits on recently fitted 35's and IMO it's just about perfect - certainly in terms of looks. As for practicality, all the snow we had last winter made a bit of a mess of Dar1976's exhaust flexi-pipe (he rides on 35's too) so I imagine being dropped 60mm to cause quite a bit of havoc should we experience weather like that again anytime soon.
 
Wogans_Wig said:
Mine sits on recently fitted 35's and IMO it's just about perfect - certainly in terms of looks. As for practicality, all the snow we had last winter made a bit of a mess of Dar1976's exhaust flexi-pipe (he rides on 35's too) so I imagine being dropped 60mm to cause quite a bit of havoc should we experience weather like that again anytime soon.
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There's probably a good chance the car would just beach itself on snow more than 3~4" deep and just sit there with the front wheels going round and round... Not ideal either for the owner or any of the folk stuck behind! :LOL:
 
the old blurple is lowered on pi's and had 40 wall all round and it was hellish in the snow,i had to put the original wheels back on the front to get descent clearance in the snow,since had 45's on the back and when the new owner does the fronts it will be fine,also when you lower it i cant remember if its beyond 40mm then you have to have 4 whell alignment down to correct the rear wheels
 
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