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What would these be called?

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Kats66Pny

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I know they are springs, and u-bolts. I took these off my mustang. They were attached on the rear axle, I guess used to tighten up the suspension back there.

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I have no plans on putting them back on so just going to sell them to help buy other parts I need but I have no idea what to call them or how to price them. Iv'e looked online different places, and I keep seeing similar things for off-roading suspension. I'm confused. Nothing new though!
 
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They are coil springs for the rear. Good luck in selling them. Anyone that would put coil springs on a leaf spring car, leaving the leaf springs on, should have their back year mechanic's license revoked, and should be forced to hand over all of their tools to prevent this kind of mis-behavior in the future.

When you advertise them, just call them Redneck Hack Job coil springs for the absolute laziest of shade tree mechanics.

Good for you on removing them. That's one of the worst P.O. hack jobs yet!!!
 
Well I do live in Texas and the PO did all the stuff himself. So yeah, redneck hack job is a good description. I think the PO was just being lazy when it came down to certain things. And of course, I get to be the lucky one to unFUBAR everything he did.
 
Those are the standard after market over load springs available at a lot of parts stores. Most people used then to assist a weak set of leaf springs. They normally had a load increase of 500 to 1500 lbs. Those look like the 500 lb. ones based on the coil diameter. I have used them on old home made trailers used to haul trash and such. If you got $10 for them, I would be shocked. Other than what I have used them for on junk trailers, they work good to hold down a trash can.
 
As mentioned before by Dave, it appears that you possibly have air shocks on the rear. If so, have you lowered the air pressure to about 5 psi to see how the car sits.

If one chooses to run air shocks, one may have problems with the upper shock mounts as the body is not designed to hold the weight and load of the rear of the car. They are frowned on in most locations.
 
Is there a sure way to tell if those are air shocks? If they are, what's recommended instead of them? And not really sure how to go about lowering the air pressure.
 
Look at the shock body from under the car. Air shocks will have a hard plastic line screwed into the side of the shock body and a rubber air bag may be seen around the shock.

Follow the air line away from the shock and locate where the valve is mounted. Normally in the trunk floor or around the lic. plate. It is nothing more than an air valve like a tire has. Remove the cap if there is one and depress the valve button. Air shocks have been known to hold 5 to 200 psi but it is a very LOW volume of air.
 
Ok I see what you're talking about. Didn't see any rubber air bag. Saw the lines, one from each shock body, and both go to a valve near the license plate area.

If one chooses to run air shocks, one may have problems with the upper shock mounts as the body is not designed to hold the weight and load of the rear of the car.
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What helps limit the problems with upper shock mounts?

Someone send me a mustangs for dummies book please. :lol
 
When running air shocks with them aired up, it transfers the weight of the car from the spring mounts to the shock mounts. You could air the shocks up full and actually remove the rear shackles and the car would not drop. Of course you would not want to move the car any at this time.

The top mount for the shock is simply not designed to take that weight. They can crack. On yours, I would recommend checking real good for cracks around the mounts. There is not any correct way to make the body capable of handling air shocks to carry the weight.

Use the proper style springs to set the rear ride height and a good, quality set of shocks.

If you look at my sig. pic, the rear of my car is raised 5" over the front, comparing the wheel well measurements. This is done by the correct rear leaf springs, no long shackles or air shocks. The PO had air shocks and once I got the springs on, I just let the air out so there is no load on the mounts.

That is another item....does your car have long shackles on the rear spring mounts? I do not remember from past pics. If it does, they just flatten out the spring and end up ruining them and the ride and handling.
 
In this pic, look just below the back up lights for two long pieces sticking down. The rear spring is attached there.

Stock shackles are about 4" long with no extra holes in them.

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Here is a close up
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Nope, no long shackles under there. But there was a HUGE frickin spider that scared the crap out of me.

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You can also see those lines and valve you told me about coming from the shock body.
 
Well, that is a good point.

The spider will be one of many small things that will wake you up fast. Really nice when both hands a holding a part and the spider shows up close by. Might want to do a bug bomb....

If there is any air in the shocks, let it out and see where the car sits. If it has wide tires, the body could sit down on them.
 
I know how Dave feels about air shocks. (I believe it's something like "If I bought and old Mustang and it had air shocks and an old rotting dead cat on the dash, I'd get rid of the air shocks first") I have never had any but I know it's an old drag racer's trick to load one (the right rear) more to help keep the rear planted on a hard launch. They are a "band-aid" and as Pete says, not good for the upper shock mount area. Since your car was set-up for racing the coils and shocks may have been an attempt to get the car to "hook-up". I feel the same about long shackles as Dave feels about air shocks, they actually ruin what's left of the spring arch and look incredibly stupid sticking out from under the car. One thing classic Mustang's (even restored cars) often have is bad stance, the front sits way to high and the back too low. For the time and money invested in coils and air shocks, the PO could have just put on better leaf springs IMO
 
After doing some googling for rear suspension stuff - damn of insomnia :po I figured I might as well replace the shocks in the rear with the KYB GR-2. As for the leaf springs, I'm not really sure which ones to get. 4 leaf? 5 leaf? Mid eye? Want I would like to do is have the rear sit slightly higher than the front of the car. I think it just looks cooler.

Edit: Ok I think I know what I need. I'm in love with look of AzPete's pony and it's what I want! :vic

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If I could afford it, I'd take it in a heartbeat! Unless you want to trade it for my shitty 66 coupe. :lol

I showed hubby the picture.. his response was 'you don't need it that high'. Such a hater.
 
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