sleeper
Former LOD President
I put on my spare pair of front bags yesterday and it seems that they may be leaking. Have to diagnose tonight (might be o-ring, might be my roommate messing with the switches when I wasn't looking) but if they're bad i'm going springs. I don't use the auto-level feature any more anyway, and I will keep the rear bags functional via switches in the console for load leveling purposes, but new bags are out of the question (cost), arnott bags are out of the question (quality), and i've been down the used bag road twice so far.
So - what junkyard struts to buy? Do I look for thunderbird / cougar struts out of a V6 car, a supercharged car, or a V8 car?
The MN12's run an iron block so I'm thinking v8 struts will have me sitting too high. Not sure if SCs ran different springs, or how much softer v6 springs would be. I can always cut if I need to but I want the car to sit high enough to get a jack under the front end without screwing around driving up on 2x4's or anything. And I'd rather just plug and play without cutting, so...
Also - am I going to need a spring compressor to get these in place, or can I wiggle them in?
And anyone local (ahem, Jeremi, Bill) have any springs laying around they want to offload cheap?
Thanks
So - what junkyard struts to buy? Do I look for thunderbird / cougar struts out of a V6 car, a supercharged car, or a V8 car?
The MN12's run an iron block so I'm thinking v8 struts will have me sitting too high. Not sure if SCs ran different springs, or how much softer v6 springs would be. I can always cut if I need to but I want the car to sit high enough to get a jack under the front end without screwing around driving up on 2x4's or anything. And I'd rather just plug and play without cutting, so...
Also - am I going to need a spring compressor to get these in place, or can I wiggle them in?
And anyone local (ahem, Jeremi, Bill) have any springs laying around they want to offload cheap?
Thanks