Watch BEFORE YOU LOWER YOUR CAR!!

I wanted to share some information I WISH I KNEW before I lowered my 2019 Mustang GT, but its good information for lowering any car. I really hope this helps somebody out and saves them the extra trouble I had to go through.

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[boogiedownbully]

Helped me bro appreciate it. I knew I needed the camber plates. Even Steeda states the plates are required for all their springs and are recommended for their min drop springs. But there is def very little camber adjustment with the rear arms. So I’m making that investment up front. People don’t understand that when you lower your car you change the suspension geometry and this ultimately impacts contact patch of your tires there’s so much more to lowering your car than just putting springs on it. if you want to ensure optimal performance and get the most out of your cars handling do it right the first time invest in supporting components also. Not just the springs.

[Archangel]

I know this is old but your alignment guy didn’t know wtf he was doing. Also you can definitely adjust for camber in the factory rear as well. Have my car about 1.5” lower with no issues.

[MuahMan]

Every time I lower my car I regret it. Fuck up the ride, bumps kill the car, and everything makes bad noises.

[gregorykalla]

There is enough rear camber adjustment for what you did, you run into alignment places either being unaware of the location of the rear camber adjusters, or not wanting to use them to make a couple of corrections. The front you definitely benefit from camber plates (will adjust caster too) if the drop is severe enough to not get back to Ford spec.

[optimusprime]

You dont NEED camber/caster plates to lower your car. However if you don't want to overstress your suspension, wear through tires unevenly and faster nor have a f*cked up alignment, then yeah camber& caster are a must whenever you mess with the geometry of stock suspension for any car.

[doomsday]

Wow I just bought the steeds ultralite ecoboost springs, & this video just popped up, looks like I’m buying camber plates too. Thanks for the videos!

[lowlife]

I used to be in to lowering all my vehicles/bagging, I learned very fast and getting older that it’s not worth the hassle and there’s a reason they are the way they are from the factory. Now I just do exhaust and tune and leave the rest alone. A lot less stress, work and money. But I watched the CJ pony vid on lowering then and I don’t remember hearing about needing a shim kit.

[JamieOrth]

🙏 for this. I haven’t dropped my 19stang yet so this is very helpful.

[michelarchambault]

Front Camber bolts might work for you mild lowering and easy to install without removing everything

[zCreepingDeathz]

Too funny in a sad way. I just installed the Steeda Ultralight Linear Springs on my new 2020 GT PP1 and once completed I noticed the massive negative camber in the rear. Mind you this is with 20" Stance wheels and a 295/35 in back and 275/35 in the front. Way to much negative camber. There is some factory adjustment in the rear upper control arm, it can slide in or out. Long story short, there is no way alignment was going to be brought back into spec, I didn't even drive it. I ended up ordering UBR adjustable rear camber arms and a pair of maximum motorsports caster/camber plates for the fronts. Also I completely ruined the left front shock strut mount torquing the Strut nut (that holds the camber plate to the strut) to the factory 76 ft. lbs. with only a 10mm wrench to hold the spinning shaft. Stripped the shaft right off and that was using a Steeda special socket for torquing the nut (10mm is not enough to hold a tiny shaft and get 76ft. lbs.). I am a stickler about torque specs. So now I just ordered new Koni's all the way around and am waiting on them. All these videos showing just installing springs might work for a little while but the factory suspension is not designed to be lowered and it will wear out quickly. You will need to buy these things at some point. So $239.00 for the springs. THEN $400.00 for the UBR camber arms, $250.00 for the caster/camber plates and another $500.00 for Koni's only because they were on sale. Now my car can be lowered the right way.... Ugh.

[mintconditioncoinrings]

Good information to put out. The know it alls tell you, you don’t need anything else but maybe camber bolts, however people that do alignments will tell you exactly what your saying they told you. Good to put it out there brother. 💯% Facts

[johncunningham]

What size spacers did you have to put on? I have stock black trim 19s, I’m getting BMR lowering springs with camber kit soon and I’m concerned the fitment will be goofy

[Catalyst]

If the shop you take your car to can’t get the camber right take it to a different shop. On a 1 inch drop there is no reason to get camber plates

[joshodin]

Very good info. I want to drop mine, but my driveway keeps me from doing it. Thinking about moving. Lol

[renegarcia]

You could still lower your car and be fine but you should have lowered it 1 inch. When you lower it over 1 inch then it’s ok you just need some some alignment plates and maybe some shocks and struts. So yes you can still lower it that low just know the steps that are necessary

[Mike-wpyx]

Im going to feel stupid for asking, but do coil lovers have the same issue?

[s_D]

You need a better alignment tech. Mine was well in spec with the pro kit

[abdbasir]

I need the link to buy all of these packages bro please 🙏

[brendonolaughlin]

Thanks for the heads up! Just ordered the camber plates

[ht_.]

Yo! Thanks man. This is good info. I saw your last video and I’m actually going to go with the same setup. So I’m glad for this update. Something else I need to look into as well.