MOOG CC865 Coil Spring Set for Mercury Grand Marquis

I didn't take pictures of the project, but I installed these coil springs on my 1998 Ford Crown Victoria LX with the handling and performance package recently. My coil springs that I had installed 5 years ago were from an air spring to conventional coil spring conversion kit. When I removed my old springs, the bottom portion were starting to rust and the mechanic I took it to, FAILED to put the rubber isolators on there so it was metal to metal contact. Too bad I was so oblivious to the fact there was no kind of bushing, if you will, to the coil springs. So I watched a few YouTube videos on how to do it and it seemed easy, however, I forgot to disconnect the sway bar link, since mine have it like the police interceptor version. Leaving the sway bar link connected made it HARD to swap the springs, so even though the reviews here don't mention that part, DO DISCONNECT THE SWAY BAR LINKS FIRST before swapping the springs. So I installed these new Moog CC865s and THANK GOD they were MADE IN THE USA and not some 3WD nation or China. I installed them in along with the supplied isolators, however, you'd need to cut the bottom isolators or they will not fit, and my car ride like a BRAND NEW CAR even with the old Monroe OE Spectrum shocks on them! I intended to install new Bilsteins along with the springs but was out of time, and lacked some tools. Other than that, these springs are worth it! Plus they raised the rear end of my car higher about 2 inches!

Great product restored ride height

It was with bitter sweetness that I purchased these springs. Bitter because they went on the car that used to belong to my father. Sweet because when the OEM suspension suddenly died, it died with me driving and not my dad when he was in his 70's and maybe not capable of managing a wildly bouncing and wobbling 2.5 ton car.I installed these springs on the rear of an early 2000s Lincoln Town Car Cartier. The OEM suspension was airbags. They allowed the car to sit "just right" (it's stance) and deliver a comfortable and plush ride over any sort of surface you can imagine. But when the system died and the bags deflated (with 4 people in the car, on the highway at 68mph or so), the car turned into the low-rider from not-heaven, bouncing violently all over the place and banging noisily on the bump stops. Too bad we were an hour from home when it happened too. The longest nauseating ride home ever. But I digress.Putting new airbags in the car revealed the air compressor itself had developed a bad leak and/or lost the ability to inflate anything. So out the new airbags came and, after they arrived, in went these springs.Reviews and other Lincoln forums said coil springs can accomplish a similar level of ride quality as the airbags. I was skeptical but needed to do something cheaper than buy a new air compressor and who knows what else for the car. So I got these springs. Jacked the car up, put safety stands in place, removed the rear wheels, removed the airbags, tied off the air lines, dropped the lower shock mounts to get the axle to lower some more, and the springs went in without a hitch. Reversed all the above while double-checking all along to make sure everything was put back properly, lowered the car off the jack stands and WOW, looks great. But how does it ride?WOW again.I can't tell that there aren't airbags in the bag. The same plush but reasonably controlled ride as it used to be. And the price - how can you argue. The only problem now is getting the "air suspension" warning light to go off. Oh yeah, the springs came not only with installation instructions but instructions on how to disable that warning light too. Just need to go outside and do that.Happy customer here.

I have a 1996 Lincoln Town Car and the air suspension went bad. For hundreds less than diagnosis and replacement part prices, I pick these up and installed them myself. They replace the air bags and make it like every other car on the road. :)The ride quality is great with these. Doesn't really feel much different than the air bags. The springs come with instructions that also explain how to disable the electronics of the air system including the warning light in the dash. They also come with rubber mounts for both the top and bottom of the springs, this prevents metal on metal so that corrosion/rust and noise are not an issue.Installing these yourself can be a bit of a challenge depending on the tools available and skill level. I did it on the ground with the back of the car held up with jack stands, so I had to lay on my back and work on things right in front of my face. Getting the old air bags out was not too hard, but took some time and internet searching to find out how the air valves come out of the bags and how the top retaining ring works to remove the bag. Once out, its just a matter of slipping the springs into the same place the air bags used to sit. The problem is that the axle needs to come down far enough for the uncompressed springs to fit. One option is to diconnect some of the suspension arms but this is not real easy to do for most as its tight quarters and the bolts are on TIGHT (air impact wrench time). I happened to have some spring compressors which worked great, these can be rented at most part srores for cheap $5 to $10. They basically hook on the sides of the spring and you tighten a nut with a wrench and they comrpess the spring. Once compressed, they slip right in and then you just loosen the compressers until the spring is fully resting in its seats, then remove the compressors completly. All in all, this job can be done in 1-2 hours, but first time doing it can take 4-5 hours easy.Also, if its not clear, both springs are included in the kit, so only order one kit.