sport tuned struts for the contour/cougar cars by the following european ... us cars see fitting notes below note cougar s use later 98-2001 contour struts ... struts are different on 95-97 early and 98-2001 late contour/mystique cars early strut ... spring as located on lower perch later 98-99 strut assemblies use an open wound ... model years it is possible to use later 98-01 type springs with earlier 95-97 struts ... fitting early 9597 springs to late 98-01 struts is not recommended as the strut ... and brand of components being used rear struts although some manufacturers part ... differ between early 95-97 and later 9899 cars we don t see any real difference ... of the component this means swapping rear struts between early and late cars ... showing signs of wear or degradation sway bars we recommend increasing the ...
contour performance parts by urethane sway bar clamp bushings one of the first ... and the easiest our heavy duty urethane bar clamp bushings replace the soft ... steering input theory being some of the sway bars effectiveness is wasted as bushing ... the leverage is transferred making the bar more effective front bar bushing 19mm ... svt only front bar bushing 20mm standard rear bar bushing ... 16mm standard rear bar bushing 18/19mm se svt cougar rear bar ... bushing 21mm bat bar only k407ba k407bu g408bu k408b k408bu ... springs for both early 9597 and late 98 4 and 6 cylinder contours bat sport ... lowering always have the front and rear realigned set toe after doing any ... set 95-97 6 cylinder sport spring set 98 all 6 cyl svt sport spring set 98 4 ...