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<blockquote data-quote="Fastlane Cobra" data-source="post: 7982825" data-attributes="member: 3212"><p>The reason I recommended KW was after my first ride in a 03 cobra with coilovers I was so impressed. It was a Maximum Motorsports Bilstein setup. However I was not impressed with how the car behaved on a bumpy road. So I began to research the KW coilover system as an alternative and determined that it was the Lambo/Ferrari of coilover manufacturers. The KW system offers more adjustability than Koni and Tokiko as compression and rebound can be adjusted seperately. The entire kit is of premium materials and the German engineers at KW are good at what they do. That being said the KW price tag is higher than most kits available for our cars. The KW kit is a half coilover kit - conventional front coilovers and adjustable spring in the lower control arm spring perch. The engineers at KW told me that the lower control arm wasn't designed to accept the weight of the vehicle in that location where the shock mounts with one bolt. Therefore their system was altered for safety concerns. They also ensured me that because of charateristics of their rear shock it does not make a difference that the spring is located in the control arm spring perch. VERY CONFIDENT of their kit. They developed the kit specifically for the 99-04 cobra with IRS.</p><p></p><p>I finally decided on Maximum Motorsport's system. I Chose the shocks and spring rates and I am very happy. You cannot go wrong here. Maximum Motorsports races mustangs and develop parts for our cars. Vey good and solid reputation and high quality materials. My ride is not harsh even on bumpy roads. It is not slammed either. It sits at the moment just a tad higher than most stangs with lowering springs. I can adjust ride height from lower or higher in just a few min. Not sure what the differences in setups are but for sure my car is not harsh on bumpy roads to the point where you don't want to drive it. Its actually quite pleasant. It does handle very well. I have the solid steering shaft along with aluminum steering rack bushings up front for now and solid or delrin bushings in the IRS along with a differential brace and sub frame connectors. I compared back to back driving between my car and an identical with lowering springs and while the lowered cobra felt good it was not even close to inspireing the confidence of the coilover equipped cobra. The lowered cobra's chassis was easily affected and unsettled by bumps in curves. The coilovered cobra never felt unsettled. Never nose dived and no body roll. It felt pretty nuetral, no understeering but provided enough feedback to know the limits. This was on street tires. More to follow.</p><p></p><p>Alignment is one important factor for suspension performance. I will add more on my experiences of how this affected everything later also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fastlane Cobra, post: 7982825, member: 3212"] The reason I recommended KW was after my first ride in a 03 cobra with coilovers I was so impressed. It was a Maximum Motorsports Bilstein setup. However I was not impressed with how the car behaved on a bumpy road. So I began to research the KW coilover system as an alternative and determined that it was the Lambo/Ferrari of coilover manufacturers. The KW system offers more adjustability than Koni and Tokiko as compression and rebound can be adjusted seperately. The entire kit is of premium materials and the German engineers at KW are good at what they do. That being said the KW price tag is higher than most kits available for our cars. The KW kit is a half coilover kit - conventional front coilovers and adjustable spring in the lower control arm spring perch. The engineers at KW told me that the lower control arm wasn't designed to accept the weight of the vehicle in that location where the shock mounts with one bolt. Therefore their system was altered for safety concerns. They also ensured me that because of charateristics of their rear shock it does not make a difference that the spring is located in the control arm spring perch. VERY CONFIDENT of their kit. They developed the kit specifically for the 99-04 cobra with IRS. I finally decided on Maximum Motorsport's system. I Chose the shocks and spring rates and I am very happy. You cannot go wrong here. Maximum Motorsports races mustangs and develop parts for our cars. Vey good and solid reputation and high quality materials. My ride is not harsh even on bumpy roads. It is not slammed either. It sits at the moment just a tad higher than most stangs with lowering springs. I can adjust ride height from lower or higher in just a few min. Not sure what the differences in setups are but for sure my car is not harsh on bumpy roads to the point where you don't want to drive it. Its actually quite pleasant. It does handle very well. I have the solid steering shaft along with aluminum steering rack bushings up front for now and solid or delrin bushings in the IRS along with a differential brace and sub frame connectors. I compared back to back driving between my car and an identical with lowering springs and while the lowered cobra felt good it was not even close to inspireing the confidence of the coilover equipped cobra. The lowered cobra's chassis was easily affected and unsettled by bumps in curves. The coilovered cobra never felt unsettled. Never nose dived and no body roll. It felt pretty nuetral, no understeering but provided enough feedback to know the limits. This was on street tires. More to follow. Alignment is one important factor for suspension performance. I will add more on my experiences of how this affected everything later also. [/QUOTE]
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