to raise or to lower 2006 v6 convertible

[aidenshep]

Having a hard time. I lowered my mustang with progress springs. Since doing this is I now have all kinds of banging now noise in rear. I did not change the shocks. I now am not sure what I will do. Put the original springs back and have the car riding high but no noise'. Are there lowering springs out there that do not have these problems I also have seen that there is a difference between coup's and convert,s not to mention the cost of all of this.. Any thought s or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Aidenshep....

 

[Monroe50]

I don't have a convertible and I haven't lowered my current mustang yet, but there would be a couple of spots I would check first before raising it back up. I'm not sure if you did it yourself or had it done, but these are the things i would recheck. Make sure all the spring isolators were switched over from the stock springs. If that was done, depending on which springs you used and how much of a drop it made, many kits with aggressive drops come with shorter bump stops so you're not bottoming out due to being so much lower. With convertibles being so much heavier than coupes in the rear, this could be your issue if you're using stock bump stops. The last place to look for noise other than those two things would be the sway bar and make sure it was tightened up properly.

Like I said, I have never lowered a convertible but this could give you a few places to start checking. Those should be the only 3 locations that would/should have been messed with.

 

[jricky917]

1 2nd bump stops...maybe put the back of the car on jackstands and jack the axle to see if it hits before the car starts to come up off the stands? think that makes sense..