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Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - adam102487 - 08-01-2013
I have a few questions concerning lowering springs my friend purchased for his focus. I usually install most of his stuff for him and had a few questions that I thought the focus community could help me with. So he purchased Eibach Sportline Springs. Will they fit his 2007 Ford Focus Sedan? I have heard you need an omni kit in some cases. Are his in need of this kit? I believe his springs are for the 2000-2005 cars. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - stupica1 - 08-01-2013
Omni kit is made for earlier shocks to fit later model focuses. So since youre just swapping springs you should be fine.
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - drunkinmonkey - 08-01-2013
as far as im aware. the springs are different in the fronts. remember going through this with a member on here with the sport line kit and had to get him a different part number then what my car was
mines a 2000 and his is a 2007
let me confirm this
right from CFM website for sportline springs:
Note: This spring set does not fit the Ford Focus Wagon. Does not fit 2006 Ford Focus
06-07 had the same suspension
better off gettin a set of 00-04 front struts and an omni kit and not have to worry about it anymore. his range of suspension options would be endless
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - adam102487 - 08-02-2013
Will the rears go in fine though?
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - ZTWsquared - 08-02-2013
(08-01-2013, 07:00 AM)adam102487 Wrote: I have a few questions concerning lowering springs my friend purchased for his focus. I usually install most of his stuff for him and had a few questions that I thought the focus community could help me with. So he purchased Eibach Sportline Springs. Will they fit his 2007 Ford Focus Sedan? I have heard you need an omni kit in some cases. Are his in need of this kit? I believe his springs are for the 2000-2005 cars. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
If his car is 2007 and you have springs for 2000-2005 then you have the wrong springs and the omni kit won't help - omni kit works the other way.
Your only option is to get the right springs.
I have a brand-new, never installed Eibach sport lines for 2007 that I bought for someone, but I bought the wrong set - let 'em go for cheap if you want them.
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - adam102487 - 08-02-2013
You have a pm ZTWsquared
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - Clay06St - 02-22-2015
So I'm kinda in the same situation as this whole thread.... I get the whole strut situation with needing and omni kit...
But here's my question:
Will the 2000-05 Eibach lowering springs fit my 06-07 struts with top hats ??
Or will I have to do the whole 2000-05 strut and buy omni kit
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - stupica1 - 02-22-2015
didnt realize this earlier, but if you guys get the lowering SPRINGS only, no need for any omni kit as the kit is just to make the 00-05 struts themselves fit into the knuckle, so if youre just swapping springs you're not changing anything other the swapping springs so you'll be good to go with NO omni kit. but also as ken mentioned above, make sure you have the right springs for the right year of car.
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - Clay06St - 02-22-2015
So my best bet is to get the 00-05 struts with omni kit
My car is the 06 St an I have the 2000-2005 lowering springs
Sorry for stupid questions just new to focus and don't wanna order parts I don't have to
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - ZTWsquared - 02-23-2015
(02-22-2015, 12:04 PM)Clay06St Wrote: So my best bet is to get the 00-05 struts with omni kit
My car is the 06 St an I have the 2000-2005 lowering springs
Sorry for stupid questions just new to focus and don't wanna order parts I don't have to
Right.
The issue is the "bottom" of the front springs. Early springs are straight like a tube - same diameter top to bottom.
Later springs, however, are tapered, the diameter at the top is bigger than the diameter at the bottom.
Accordingly the support that the bottom of the spring sits on, is a different diameter too - when comparing early struts to later struts.
Whatever else you do, you must match the year of the strut to the year of the spring. And if in doing so you end up with a front strut from 00-05 and you want to put that on 06+, then you need the omni kit.
And for greater clarity - when we say "05" and "06" as the changeover point, we really mean "05+" - the change took place sometime early in the 2005 model year - - so some early 2005's had the "old" setup.
The pic below isn't from Focus - but you can clearly see what I mean by tapered.
![[Image: strut_img.png]](http://www.monroe.com/images/products/english/prod_main_page/quickstrut/strut_img.png)
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - Clay06St - 02-23-2015
Thank you so much you guys have been a really great help I much appreciate it,
Now another small question when I got the parts store what would be the best car from 00-05 to the parts guy it's for or are all the struts have the same part number for 00-05
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - ZTWsquared - 02-23-2015
(02-23-2015, 12:42 AM)Clay06St Wrote: Thank you so much you guys have been a really great help I much appreciate it,
Now another small question when I got the parts store what would be the best car from 00-05 to the parts guy it's for or are all the struts have the same part number for 00-05
Depending on what you want to achieve with your suspension, the parts store may not be the best place to shop. Chances are you will get nothing more than a soft-riding strut, no matter what model you ask for. I've even seen online parts stores that list the same strut for regular and SVT models.
The OEM "high performance" struts were from the SVT model - and that's the bare minimum you would want for a lowered suspension. Ford Racing also produced some even stiffer suspensions, like the one I have on my track car, from Tokico.
I know there are some good struts suitable for lowered suspension available in the aftermarket, but I've found the best value for me has been Ford OE struts - especially their Ford Racing Kits.
Having said that, I have the luxury of buying in the US; if you're in S. Ontario, I could do for you what I do for most of the guys in the GTA - either buy and sell the parts to you, or let you use my US PO box and import your order.
For example: I could sell you the Ford Racing SVT replacement suspension kit, as shown below, for $235 CAD + HST, all-in including taxes, duties, fees, shipping etc and meeting up somewhere in the west end GTA.
![[Image: FMS-M-18000-ZX3_LT_ml.jpg]](http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/mediumlarge/FMS-M-18000-ZX3_LT_ml.jpg)
RE: Lowering Springs in a 2007 Ford Focus - drunkinmonkey - 02-24-2015
I can also get a few coilover kits as well. we also stock koni and eibach