Lowering Springs In the winter.

[Youngmustang]

Anybody still installing lowering springs in the winter? Im debating if i should just wait till the spring to put them on. But then again i have to worry about next winter. Some one gave me a suggestion about putting on coilovers and just adjusting them for the winter and lowering them in the spring. What do you guys think.

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[dwaleke]

Changing the ride height throws off the alignment. So raising the coilovers is only a little less work than swapping out the springs.

It all depends on how much snow you get. If the car is too low you will be the snow plow for the road. No snow then nothing to really worry about.

 

[BlackWidow]

Personally, I am all about function over form and have no desire to stance out my cars or be part of the VIP club. It serves no practical purpose, the cars look like shit, and you have retarded camber that you have to try and correct. That is, of course, just my personal opinion. With that said, I've had several sets of coilovers, my last set being KW V3's. Once I adjusted them to how I wanted them I never touched them again. I never track my cars but I do drive aggressively on the street, nonetheless, they were pretty overkill. Ultimately, I found a set of shocks and springs that gave me the ride height and stiffness I wanted and sold my coilovers.

As far as your question about installing in the winter, I see no issue with it. A reasonable drop on the Mustang 1-1.5" (I wouldn't go any further) should still give you plenty of ground clearance to drive around. Like you said, you'd have to deal with it every subsequent winter anyway so why wait? I have been in situations where my car ends up plowing snow instead of driving over it and it's definitely not fun but that was mostly my fault for trying to drive in 6+ inches of snow before the roads were cleared. For you it really just depends on how low you want to go and what you are doing with the car. If you are going to want to constantly fine tune your suspension or go to the track often go with coilovers. If you just want to lower the car and improve handling over stock but don't plan on seriously tracking your car find a good spring/shock combo that will accomplish your goal.

 

[RoryTate]

I've got a stock ride height in my BRZ, which is 4.9 inches of ground clearance. I've gotten hung up in the snow a couple times in the winter. Never had this issue with my other vehicles. I won't be lowering a 2015 Mustang if/when I get one.

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