Im not sure what brand that is but what you get a chance to get it in the air get some more pics from the inside.
Maximum Motorsports CC Plate Difference?
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Yeah I got that vibe. Unfortunately I’m new to the area where I live and don’t know of any good shops to go to yet. I’ve been trying to find a good place to go but haven’t really had any luck yet.
When you had your car aligned without the Cc Plates, was your camber within oem Spec?
Update: I found out they are Monroe brand struts.
I may end up buying new/used Bilsteins for the sale up maybe avoiding that clunking noise that I hear so much about when you install these cc plates.
Yes is was in ford spec. It was slightly neg.
I would recommend getting new bilstein on all 4 corners. Im pretty sure the monroe are not doing well with the eibach springs.
Ok, I’ll try to get OEM style Bilstein struts then. The back has the Bilstein shocks. So if I were to buy the new Bilsteins, they would have the built in bump stops and dust cover/shield. Apparently the front have just been changed.
Why wouldn’t the Monroe struts and Eibach springs work well together?
Use the alignment specs that come withthe MM CC plates. Make sure they do the rear, and I used the Ford specs on that.
Thanks for the advice, I’ll make sure to do that.
Now I’m stuck on if I should go spend the money and get Bilstein struts for the front like me32 said or stick with what I got. There’s a guy who has a new set of MMCC9994 plates for sale “new” not used still in the packaging for $150 and it seems like those would work with the Monroe struts I have now.
So I either go this route, or spend at least 3x that to get struts and the CC plates.
Get rid of the junk Monroe struts (and shocks), go back to Bilstein. You want the dampers matched to the springs. Read this stuff as well:
Suspension
Chassis & Steering
If you are in NE OH, go to Xtreme Performance in N. Ridgeville - they have a laser rack and know how to do alignments to the customer spec, not generic Ford.
Suspension
Chassis & Steering
If you are in NE OH, go to Xtreme Performance in N. Ridgeville - they have a laser rack and know how to do alignments to the customer spec, not generic Ford.
I think I will take your advice and get the Bilstein shock/struts for my car.
And I’m located near Columbus. If there’s ever a nice weekend coming up and the roads aren’t covered in salt I may make a trip there unless I can find a good shop in this area.
This is probably a dumb question at this point, but has anyone used/know about BBK Caster camber plates?
BBK Mustang Caster Camber Plates 2527 (94-04 All)
Are these any good? Seems like these have a bushing that could prevent that clunking noise.
Also want to make sure that these are good quality and won’t ever allow my struts to go through my strut tower as I’ve heard some horror stories about.
BBK Mustang Caster Camber Plates 2527 (94-04 All)
Are these any good? Seems like these have a bushing that could prevent that clunking noise.
Also want to make sure that these are good quality and won’t ever allow my struts to go through my strut tower as I’ve heard some horror stories about.
If the front stuts where changed its more than likely the stock bilstein were worn out. The rears need to be changed too. You want your suspension to be working well at all 4 corners. New bilstein wont be cheap but there will be a night and day difference in the way the car will handle.
As for the monroe they are a just a cheap replacement strut and shock. There were never made for lowering springs.
Id say if you have a v6/gt with stock springs the monroe would have worked fine.
As far as CC plates go for the 94-04 mustangs. MM has made the best ones and would not look for a cheaper option. Also if you have never installed aftermarket CC plates i would highly recommend having a professional install that has experience with installing them. When they are not installed correctly they will make all kinds of nosie.
The BBK ones aren’t cheaper, they’re actually more expensive in terms of price at least. They seem to have a bushing built in to quiet things down. Supposedly one of my friends had these on his GT and he said they were great.
And I will likely have to have someone who know what they are doing either help me or do it for me because I have not done this before.
I will likely replace all 4. I may have a lead on getting low mileage ones off of a car for next to nothing or will buy new.
I will certainly not be keeping these Monroe struts.
Bbk in terms of quality compared to MM is not at the same level. I personally do not have experience with the BBK CC so i cant say anything good or bad. as far as quality over all as a brand MM makes much better product. Ive used BBK in the past on my fox 5.0. They were in the best bang for your buck at the time for alot of things. But for somethings ive used some of BBk on my 03 cobra and was not impressed with quality.
Do some more research on different CC plates and see what the pros and cons are of different brands.
Yeah I will look around and check my options, but I’ll probably end up with the mm cc plates.
Any advice on how to install them properly if I were to do it myself? I wanted to avoid having any issues like having a resulting “clunking” noise.
How does one avoid installing them “incorrectly” and avoid all the strange noises!
Installed the MM plates on my 03 after lowering it along with MM bump steer kit myself, took it to a shop for alignment never looked back. Did my research MM all the way.
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So have you haven’t had any issues with clunking noises or anything like that?
How was the installation of the plates?
I've installed a few sets of MM plates on different cars. Take your time and follow the instructions. I've never had an issue with clunks or extra noises.
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