Suspension Upgrades

[mikeisgod]

My car has about 110k miles on it now. It was lowered by the previous owner with H&R SS springs. The car rides very rough, and squeaks alot. I need to resolve this and what I'm looking at is probably ordering some basic shocks/struts for a foxbody. My questions is would this be the ideal way to go w/ lower springs? My buddy tells me alot of my "rough ride" could be due to running stock shocks/struts on lowering springs... Also I read something about "isos" which from what I can read are isolators? Will these come with a new set of shocks/struts, are they neccessary? Sorry kind of a newb still at this stuff... Thanks alot.

One other thing was it seems that the front end sits maybe 1/2" to 1" higher than the rear... is this most likely due to wore out shocks, that would be resolved with replacing them? Or what would anyone reccomend?

 

[scottg]

isolators would come with a new set of springs, not shock/struts. I'd def replace the struts/shocks. I'd maybe even change the springs out if it still too rough for ya. I lot of springs that lower a vehicle over an inch usually don't ride too soft but it makes them handle better.

 

[STAMPEDE3]

Shocks/struts don't affect ride height.

 

[mikeisgod]

So do you think if the ride height is not level, it could be from worn out rear springs? If I had to i'd replace it all, but figured the springs had far less miles on them, and should be ok... Open to your advice, thanks for the replies.