Steeda Progressive Spring review

[Mach01]

The strut mount Kelly & David are referring to is the bottom piece in is this video: I reckon its called the spring perch.

CC plates replace the top portion only & the bottom is basically re-used. When I swapped to FRPP struts, I used the new ones that came with the kit. My old ones looked fine (3100+miles only) but I elected to swap them out nevertheless.

Apparently, the PP mounts are superior over the ones used on non-PP cars.

My CC replaced everything in that vid except the bottom half of it.. the ford racing shocks / struts came with all that shown new. I just used bottom half which vaguely resembles a toilet seal. The top half in vid with studs is replaced. Top half sits on the toilet seal and spins. I'm looking at my old set now. Has a little green plastic part in middle top that spins. Says "F-571172.03.... *** CANADA.... PA66 GF33." I guess that could be busted. If so that's a damn shame. Little green plastic piece of shit breaks after dumping all this money on perf upgrades? ... Smacking it around a bit though doesn't really create sound like my car's noise. (Against top half.)

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[rvlyssup]

I just used bottom half which vaguely resembles a toilet seal. The top half in vid with studs is replaced. Top half sits on the toilet seal and spins. I'm looking at my old set now. Has a little green plastic part in middle top that spins. Says "F-571172.03.... *** CANADA.... PA66 GF33." I guess that could be busted. If so that's a damn shame. Little green plastic piece of shit breaks after dumping all this money on perf upgrades? ... Smacking it around a bit though doesn't really create sound like my car's noise. (Against top half.)

Yep, that is the piece.

As for the stock perches not lasting, I've heard a couple of people have that problem but didn't know it was that widespread.

You dampener or full track kit should have the upgraded spring perches. If your old ones are broken, just swap them out for the new FRPP ones.

 

[Mach01]

Yep, that is the piece.

As for the stock perches not lasting, I've heard a couple of people have that problem but didn't know it was that widespread.

You dampener or full track kit should have the upgraded spring perches. If your old ones are broken, just swap them out for the new FRPP ones.

I used the new ones.

 

[ScottsGT]

So when is Steeda going to produce a quality bearing plate? No way would I replace this with a "quality" Ford part that cracks so easy.
(I prefer a non adjustable since my alignment is spot on with stock type.)

 

[Norm Peterson]

It doesn't hurt to have at least a little adjustment. When you replace anything in the suspension there will always be a chance that when it's all bolted back together that it won't be at the same alignment specs.

There's even the chance that you might want to tweak the settings, if your driving differs enough from whatever Ford considered to be a "good average" that slightly different specs would be of benefit.


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[Mach01]

So when is Steeda going to produce a quality bearing plate? No way would I replace this with a "quality" Ford part that cracks so easy.
(I prefer a non adjustable since my alignment is spot on with stock type.)

Seriously, if that plastic rotating pos is holding my entire front end up at such a critical point, WTH is going on?

 

[Five0GT]

If the strut mount was damaged wouldn't it be very noisy? And getting worse over time? And not ba able to be masked by spring silencers? I could be wrong but it just seems that way to me. I personally feel it's just noise from the springs touching wich they were designed to do. Noise only happens on certain bumps when they don't stiffen fast enough. Silencers fixed it and I'm fine with that.

Also just to be clear I'm only speaking on the noise that I hear. Which is a metallic clinking noise. Not really a rattle or anything. It's possible others with noise do have The issues stated by David

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[rvlyssup]

I used the new ones.

Doubt yours are damaged...but then again, you won't know until you check. :shrug: I have the same CC plates you have so again doubtful that those would contribute to any issues unless its installed wrong.

It be interesting to see a comparison between the non-PP vs. PP spring mounts.

 

[BMR Tech]

PP vs Non PP mounts.... Just the upper assembly is different. The spring perch side is the same.

I've got plenty of both for testing purposes. Even the upper part that is different, you cannot tell by visual inspection.

 

[BBB]

If the strut mount was damaged wouldn't it be very noisy? And getting worse over time? And not ba able to be masked by spring silencers? I could be wrong but it just seems that way to me. I personally feel it's just noise from the springs touching wich they were designed to do. Noise only happens on certain bumps when they don't stiffen fast enough. Silencers fixed it and I'm fine with that.

Also just to be clear I'm only speaking on the noise that I hear. Which is a metallic clinking noise. Not really a rattle or anything. It's possible others with noise do have The issues stated by David

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I only really hear mine coming out of my drive way, it's one of those rounded curbs so it's pretty tall. It has never made noise any other time or even pulling into my drive way. Only when the wheels are cranked and backing out over the curb.

 

[BBB]

My other question is, how are we only hearing about steeda springs with 'issues'? If it was a an install issue, a torque issue, strut mount issue you would think that we would have heard from bmr, eibach, ford racing folks that have their springs too.


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[BMR Tech]

My other question is, how are we only hearing about steeda springs with 'issues'? If it was a an install issue, a torque issue, strut mount issue you would think that we would have heard from bmr, eibach, ford racing folks that have their springs too.


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Maybe Steeda owns like 90% of the S550 spring market?

We have only shipped about 500 sets of springs out since releasing them, which is likely much lower than the other big guys.

I have only had 3-4 people with issues. 2 of them broke the OEM Mounts, and the other/s just didnt torque some bolts properly.

 

[BBB]

Thanks for the insights. Say it is a damaged strut mount. What are consequences driving with it untreated.


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[BMR Tech]

Thanks for the insights. Say it is a damaged strut mount. What are consequences driving with it untreated.


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We did that. Just noises really. Of course, the alignment can technically be skewed a little when the seat is disturbed between the upper and lower mounts.

 

[BBB]

When I was installing my spacers last night the following rubber piece didn't quite cover the whole travel of the strut. Could this be the issue?

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