My ‘16 ST has close to 60k miles and I’m thinking about replacing the struts and shocks with Bilstein B6s. Due to my 17 inch wheels and tire combo, I don’t want to reduce right height at all, but the stock struts have terrible damping when the car isn’t fully loaded with people.
If I go with the Bilstein B6s, can I reuse my OR springs, or should they be replaced? This car has mostly lived in Vegas the whole time, which is very dry and has pretty nice roads overall. I have little to no corrosion anywhere on the car. I just didn’t know if my springs were worn out enough at their current mileage to warrant replacing.
I’m guessing I should get some powerflex pads for the rears and some new OE top hats for the front when I do the install? Also, has anyone compressed these springs before? I had a really hard time trying to compress the springs with rental tools on my wife’s F-150 when I leveled it. However, those springs are heavy duty and much bigger than the Fiesta’s. I ended up having to have a shop use a wall mount compressor when I leveled it with Bilsteins. Just trying to gauge the effort required, and I want to make sure I can get it all done right in one go.
Thanks in advance for any tips or answers.
If I go with the Bilstein B6s, can I reuse my OR springs, or should they be replaced? This car has mostly lived in Vegas the whole time, which is very dry and has pretty nice roads overall. I have little to no corrosion anywhere on the car. I just didn’t know if my springs were worn out enough at their current mileage to warrant replacing.
I’m guessing I should get some powerflex pads for the rears and some new OE top hats for the front when I do the install? Also, has anyone compressed these springs before? I had a really hard time trying to compress the springs with rental tools on my wife’s F-150 when I leveled it. However, those springs are heavy duty and much bigger than the Fiesta’s. I ended up having to have a shop use a wall mount compressor when I leveled it with Bilsteins. Just trying to gauge the effort required, and I want to make sure I can get it all done right in one go.
Thanks in advance for any tips or answers.