I am about to save you HUNDREDS of dollars in cold hard cash!

Springs eh? Yes you guessed it. The Merc is looking awful wobbly these days. I have been kicking around the idea of lowering the car to get a more aggressive stance. Yes, i know. How aggressive can you get a grocery getter to look. Well at least it's a 2-door and I gotta try sumpthin.

When deciding on lowering your car there are many options.

- Cutting the springs
- Lowering blocks
- Buying new specially built lowering springs
- Air bag suspension
- Drop spindles
- etc. etc.

Interested? Well look no further than Eaton Springs Detroit. These guys know springs. You tell them a few things about your car and they can give you everything from a stock set-up to a slammed low-riding ubercool ride that will perform as it should.

After reviewing a ton of forum chatter i decided that cutting the springs would be a waste of time. The springs are shot and by cutting them you make them stiffer and change the load bearing stats it was made to have. Plus you can only go about 2" before things get squirrely. I am thinking 4" in the front and 3.5" in the back to give it a slightly raked look. The cost of new springs is totally worth the peace of mind. The springs are purpose built to carry the load AND lower the car. It's a win win people. I will keep you posted as things develop.

The power of the interwebs strike again! Ever wonder where you could go to find tons of FREE brochure, manuals and advertising for your favorite makes. The Old Car Manual Project has you covered.

Great place to contribute to the greater good. If you have any old manuals, ads, etc. Scan-em an upload-em. They even have a great Meteor brochure on file and a few electrical charts. Thanks TOCMP!

Do you have an empty space on the wood paneling behind the plaid couch in the rec room that is crying out for some automobile ephemera? Is your significant other bugging you to take down that photo of your mother and slap up some great Meteor ads in her place? Well swing over to Adclassix.com , fine purveyors of all sorts of really interesting advertising. Go get em!

FLEET! and BRILLIANT!

For a lesson on the who, what, where and why of the Mercury Meteor why not take a quick look on wikipedia. Sometimes the knowledge of many can help sift through the complete lack of information anywhere else. It's a great 101 on the marque, the model and the brand.

Merc-O-Pedia