FG2 FPV's

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Originally Posted by Buttnekid

it really would not be hard to upgrade springs, shocks and swaybars. If it cost me just shy of $2,500 for top of the line eibach's, adjustable konis and whiteline adjustable F & R, given FPV's buying power and they are part owned by Prodrive you woudl think they could get those components for a cost of $1,000, less a rebate from Ford for not using Ford supplied items (if that is what happens at the moment) or less what FPV are currently spending on springs and shocks - increase the price of the car by $1500 (now you have a 50% margin on top of your cost) and you fix the problem of handling. 275's fit on a 9.5 rear rim without any modification and fix the traction problem (to an extent).

I actually cannot understand the reason for this not happening either across the board or as a handling option - would the general public pay say another $2.5k on top of current prices to get better suspension/bigger rear wheels - without blinking I would have thought

The cost implications are more than $2500 though, its the ammortisation of the R+D too, if it costs you $2500 retail to buy the mods it will likely be closer to $5000 as an OEM solution. Because aftermarket bits don't have to conform to OEM standards, OEM validation and ADR testing requirements and recalibration.