Anyone Running this Steeda Set-up?

[Hadelson]

Steeda Progressive Springs and Steeda S550 Mustang Pro Action Adjustable Shocks & Struts GT?

1. How is the ride compared to stock?
2. How easy are they Struts/Shocks to adjust?
3. What improvement to ride and handling?

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[shogun32]

How is the ride compared to stock?

anything Steeda sells is better than the PP1 factory shocks

 

[1MEAN18]

anything Steeda sells is better than the PP1 factory shocks

Amen! So true...

 

[SteedaTech]

Can't go wrong, our Progressive springs are our number 1 seller. Great ride and performance with an aggressive stance and work great with the adjustable ProAction. You'll love them!

-Steeda Tech

 

[morgande]

1. How is the ride compared to stock?
2. How easy are they Struts/Shocks to adjust?
3. What improvement to ride and handling?

I run this setup. It was an upgrade from the Performance Pkg car. I have the sport progressive springs, camber plates and the adjustable shocks. I also have the Steeda adjustable bump stops as well. I also have the jacking rails installed.

I have stop the hop kit and front control arms purchased but not installed. Need to buy the bumpsteer kit and I’ll be complete and can wrap up this phase.

The shocks are in factory recommended settings. I think it’s a quarter turn from full soft or something like that.

To answer your phone questions:

1. Your riding on a spring that is dropping your ride by just over an inch or so across all 4 corners. As such, you have less spring. And and such, you will feel bumps more than you did on the stock springs. No amount of damping is going to change that.

The ride itself is GREAT. Feels as good as stock did....Across smooth surfaces you will not notice any differences. But on bad roads and the like, you will notice it. Drive over a manhole you will feel it. Patch construction work done on a road, you will feel it. It’s not the worst thing ever...but you will feel it. I have the adjustable bump stops on my car, and I’m wondering if I should switch to the fixed ones Steeda has come out with. I have heard the fixed ones give a more compliant ride then adjustable ones do.

2. I have not personally adjusted the suspension since I put it on. And I’m running the effective factory settings. If my understanding is still accurate, you can adjust the front from under the hood, right on the shock tower. The rears will require you to remove the rear tires to get to them.

I have seen track guys at HPDE with similar style adjustable suspensions. Jack the car up, remove the tire, make the change and put the tire back on. Usually those guys are swapping pads and wheels:tires to boot. So it doesn’t seem to hard an adjustment. I keep the adjustment tool in the car myself, but as I said I’ve yet to adjust the settings. As is, the car has more suspension than I know how to exploit. I don’t have enough HPDE under my belt yet to need to adjust mine. They are set to be optimum to the progressive springs that I’m running.

3. This is very subjective. And again I don’t have a ton of HPDE under my belt to compare. The biggest thing I can remember about what the car was to what it is now is that the car feels more sporty as you start to push on it. While the stock setup was much more GT, and showed itself when you lean on it, the sport progressives kind of come on the more you push on them. It’s no day and night different, but the car feels like it wants to be driven hard. The stock suspension never game me that feeling. I guess you can say it’s confidence inspiring. Makes you feel like you can attack corners more. It’s def an upgrade...but not day and night different. I think the comp springs are more day and night but I’ve yet to drive a car with those springs.

 

[Hadelson]

Thanks. Your description is exactly what I am experience. Currently have the Non-Adjustable Struts/Shocks and waiting on the adjustable to arrive. I will swap out and set up at stock for starting point. I also have the adjustable sway bars on softest setting. Will move them up one notch.
Not too much road time left up here with temps dropping and summer tires...…..might be a winter project

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