Sport Shocks Not The Same as LX
I have a 1997 T-Bird with the sports susupension package. It does not have the same shocks as an LX.
About a year ago, I had a set of Tokico blues put on the front. The car still bounced too much when hitting road dips at highway speeds - like 70 mph and up. I thought the springs were bad so I had a new set of sports suspension springs put on the front. It didn't make any difference.
Yesterday I had the Tokicos taken off and new set of Ford sports suspension shocks put on the front. I can now zoom up and down I-95 without looking like the car has bungee cords for front end suspension.
Fact is, Tokico, KYB, Monroe, and other aftermarket shock companies do not make a replacement shock for the sports suspension package. Tokico offered to exchange the "bouncy" shocks for super coupe shocks. I was told that if I set the shocks on firm, that would solve the bounce problem. But the original Ford sports suspension shocks - the right ones for the car - are a lot less expensive then the Tokico super coupe shocks.
Eddie