Hi there
Tyre is no longer partially hidden in the rear arch now car is at normal load.
As you can clearly see the desired gap between tyre and arch is now present. Car artificially still looks lower in back than front, I say artificial as front is actually sitting lower, 1" drop in rear and 1.25" in front. The illusion is due to lack of spacers, the front can easily accomodate upto a 25mm spacer without poking. The rear however only needs a marginal spacer, I'd say as low as 12mm to be honest, as such I believe my 25/23mm spacers I will not use as they will give to much poke with my allignment settings. So I shall try a 8-10mm in the rear and look at a 15-18mm for the front.
If anyone is interested in the 25/23mm spacers let me know, probably best quality spacers out there.
So I can confirm ride comfort is improved, road noise even seems less and I have no idea how to explain that, but nonetheless is improved. Steering weight is increased so normal mode now feels like sport mode with the added benefit are increased feel, steering really is now super spot on, its got great feel and superb weighting in comfort and normal mode, sport mode is now pretty damn heavy.
All bounce, jiggle is eliminated and the car feels glued to the road at higher speeds, I've not really tried pushing the handling yet but in short more grip everywhere, car is more responsive to inputs, feels lighter on its feet, it feels like a proper sports car now it really does. But I just can't get over how well it rides, I have never lowered a car and had improved comfort, now it just glides over bumps and at higher speeds it is like they are not there. Hitting bigger holes/dips in the road have a slightly more firmer feel, not really a negative but maybe to some.
But hard to test in rush traffic but wet roads and car is simply turning in better, has way more traction on corner exit and feels faster (its not) but being closer to ground no doubt helps with that, though it is still super refined. Of course all of this may not be simply down to fitting of new parts, the alignment could be playing a big role and I spent a long time experimenting with camber, caster and toe on the M3 to see how they impact road and track driving. Hence to some my alignment settings for the Mustang might look a little tame, but that is because I want the car super capable on the road, even in the wet. This is not a track setup but is setup purely for maximum road performance and it seems to be working well, but like I say I cannot let you know how much is down to my alignment settings and how much is down to new parts.
In short the car has improved in every area from what I did yesterday, no negatives at all, will be interesting to see how the lighter and larger anti-roll bars impact handling and ride comfort. Because the stock roll bars do seem to be working very well with the lower suspension as body roll is vastly reduced and braking dive is all but gone.
Super impressed!
