Help, Koni springs and Strut Mounts - 07/12/06 02:56 AM
I recently purchased a set of Koni springs out of the classifieds to replace a broken coil on my 98' Contour SVT, as well as all 4 new strut mounts and new thrust bearings up front. They are in from Advanced Auto (mistake dealing with them to begin with) today, and picked them up today after work. Well it quickly became apparent that either the springs could possibly be wrong, or the Strut Mount is (which is what is the case since the spring on the car is obviously larger than the bearing and plate, don't need the Koni spring in hand to judge from for that conclusion).
Spring Size, I'd say 6.75":
Anyway, on the spring is a number "057":
Mount and Bearing, ~4.5":
Which on the Koni website is the last three digits of thier part number for the Contour 6yl springs, so that leads me to believe I do have the right springs:
Here is just an overall view of them side by side:
My question being, do I have the 4cyl front mount and bearing even though I watched them look up Contour SVT 2.5L? I have the Ford CD and I can't really tell from that which sizes etc... I should be looking for. My problem is also that we are getting garage/house/driveway work done and I will be doing this at a friends house since it's my DD and I need to get to work and quit bumming rides, SO ANY HELP INCITE OPINIONS ETC WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
Spring Size, I'd say 6.75":
![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/56/1000248small6ds.jpg)
Anyway, on the spring is a number "057":
![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8456/1000251editsmall3pi.jpg)
Mount and Bearing, ~4.5":
![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9618/1000249small7mx.jpg)
Which on the Koni website is the last three digits of thier part number for the Contour 6yl springs, so that leads me to believe I do have the right springs:
![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5927/koniscreencap3iw.jpg)
Here is just an overall view of them side by side:
![](http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3727/1000250small1vz.jpg)
My question being, do I have the 4cyl front mount and bearing even though I watched them look up Contour SVT 2.5L? I have the Ford CD and I can't really tell from that which sizes etc... I should be looking for. My problem is also that we are getting garage/house/driveway work done and I will be doing this at a friends house since it's my DD and I need to get to work and quit bumming rides, SO ANY HELP INCITE OPINIONS ETC WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED