Magneride worth it? Or buy now?

[jbreese1]

People may say what they want about Mustang mag ride versus GM's version, but Mustang mag ride has a substantial impact on ride quality and sophistication. It offers the Mustang both handling prowess and comfort, in a factory wrapper. I never cease to be amazed when
behind the wheel of my Mach 1. My take: if your Mustang will be a keeper and you don't want to spend a lot of time and effort upgrading the stock suspension, mag ride is worth every penny if you can get it.

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[shogun32]

I am also lowered on Eibach pros

yikes on a MR car?

 

[shogun32]

I never cease to be amazed when
behind the wheel of my Mach 1

right, but you're evaluating MR in the context of a M1. You have the GT350R front dampers, with perhaps/probably updated controller mappings. The lesser cars don't get those same MR dampers and the programming is/was decidedly inferior. I did a back to back test of MR as implemented on a 2018 GT350 vs Camaro 1LE and the superiority of the Camaro was striking.

MR has all the ability to be good. But it's value in non-Mach1 is a bit ambiguous. If Ford would stop with the chicken-shit and put their best foot forward then MR would be an absolute, unqualified YES.

When I bought my '19 EB/PP I spent an hour driving the 2 otherwise identical cars back to back to back on the same roads at the same dealership. The MR benefit was discernable but it's wasn't huge. When I drove KingKona's PP1+MR car back to back with mine (Steeda DR+pro-Action adj) over the same roads and undulations the MR was 'meh'. When he updated his car with all the IRS fixes it improved very significantly. If he gets around to putting the M1/GT350R front units on and updated programming it should be a solid win.

 

[Shouldhavegotthegt]

yikes on a MR car?

Stock ride height is never good on any mustang.

 

[MCS]

the wife wants me to get something I won't be modding...

Hahahahahhaha... uh huh... I said the same thing... "Oh, sell that one house and get myself a toy. Get the GT cause then you won't need to mod it"...

I'm probably sitting at 8-10k in mods now between rims, tires, lowering, GT500 hood, GT500 spoiler and stripes. Welcome to the Club of Delusions. We've got jackets!

 

[jbreese1]

One further comment. My son, a mechanical engineer and Chin driving instructor, has recently owned both a PP2 with mag ride and a base GT without. He found the base GT compromised and brittle on all but smooth roads until he invested $ and heavy mechanical work in upgrading the GT suspension. His base GT (with added brake and major cooling mods for track duty) is now a good track and street car, but he strongly recommends the mag ride for a street car unless you have the tools, time, know how, energy, and space to do your own suspension upgrade.

 

[Soonertim4]

For what it's worth. I had a 15 gtpp premium and the suspension was horrible. Replaced a lot of it to stop the wheel hop and to just make it better. I've got a 21 gtpp premium now with magnaride and absolutely have no wheel hop and the car corners like it should

 

[frank3]

My two cents:
I have magneride, and i have been in a version without it.
YES, absolutely spend the extra $ for it.

For my circumstances it is a must, no way others wold convince me otherwise. I use it sometimes as a daily commute. I use it on long Australian roads. I use it for some fun. Absolutely i would invest in magneride again.

 

[Marsalad]

right, but you're evaluating MR in the context of a M1. You have the GT350R front dampers, with perhaps/probably updated controller mappings. The lesser cars don't get those same MR dampers and the programming is/was decidedly inferior. I did a back to back test of MR as implemented on a 2018 GT350 vs Camaro 1LE and the superiority of the Camaro was striking.

MR has all the ability to be good. But it's value in non-Mach1 is a bit ambiguous. If Ford would stop with the chicken-shit and put their best foot forward then MR would be an absolute, unqualified YES.

When I bought my '19 EB/PP I spent an hour driving the 2 otherwise identical cars back to back to back on the same roads at the same dealership. The MR benefit was discernable but it's wasn't huge. When I drove KingKona's PP1+MR car back to back with mine (Steeda DR+pro-Action adj) over the same roads and undulations the MR was 'meh'. When he updated his car with all the IRS fixes it improved very significantly. If he gets around to putting the M1/GT350R front units on and updated programming it should be a solid win.

Can you tell me which components I have in my 2020 GT PP2? I’ve heard it called a “parts bin special” and now I’m wondering which parts bin Ford dug through for my car.

 

[shogun32]

Can you tell me which components I have in my 2020 GT PP2? I’ve heard it called a “parts bin special” and now I’m wondering which parts bin Ford dug through for my car.

no I can't off hand. You'll have to crawl underneath and look or an extensive parts cross-walk. If I had to guess you have the 'lesser' MR dampers, but with GT350/tweaked programming. The M1/GT500/GT350R dampers aren't that expensive, about $400 a corner. And because of the physical differences, you don't need new programming to yield benefit. But if you're really after perfection you'll have to swing another $1600 for a 3rd party controller and then some maps.

 

[kz]

Can you tell me which components I have in my 2020 GT PP2? I’ve heard it called a “parts bin special” and now I’m wondering which parts bin Ford dug through for my car.

Not very many actually - it's basically regular GT PP1 with wider wheels/tires and slightly different springs / sway bars (?).

 

[AvalancheSVT]

drove a HPP ecoboost today with the handling pack and I gotta say that thing handled the crappy san antonio roads really well. I was impressed. probably would have liked the car a lot more if it didn't have the slushbox.

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