struts

[James Sturgul]

........other than replacing the original struts on the 1998 SHO with the OEM version is there a suitable after market performance replacement available?

 

[luigisho]

The best I've heard of to get close to stock ride is to use 2002 Taurus oem struts. I think they aren't that costly either.

 

[stephen newberg]

To my knowledge, the short answer is no if you want to get the capability of the originals.

pax, smn

 

[Eastcoast SHO]

i bought the motorcraft ones for the rear off of rock auto, they didnt have the sarc but i got a set of original springs from a member off here so far it is a good replacement until i can save some dough for konis

 

[Daedalus]

Just swapped the struts on my '99 out for the "2002 Taurus" Motorcraft struts. They are working great so far. The Motorcraft part numbers you want are AST50 (Front Left) AST51 (Front right) and AST52 (Rear, so get 2). These come with the lower spring seat and a boot kit. I replaced the upper mounts, upper spring seat and bearings in the front, and the coils while I was at it. Raised the car about 1/2" all around (which is good - I was banging the framerails on speedbumps before) and it handles sooo much better.

EDIT: Get the struts from RockAuto while they are still in stock. The RockAuto price is much cheaper than anywhere else I found, and it's within $10/each of the Monroe struts which by all accounts don't last very long on our cars.