For those, that stumble on to this segment, I ordered one of these Panhard kits. After a little longer wait, than anticipated, I did receive my order.. The product is very well made, that said, I did have a fittament issue during my install. I contacted MMI with my problem, and to my surprise, Mike Maier himself, called me to discuss my issue. My 65 Fastback, had the frame rails, rear torque boxes and rear floor replaced, over many years, two different brands of torque boxes used and by different guys doing the work. All of this, meant I had a slightly narrower distance between my frame rails where the kit was to mount up. Mike listened to my problem, and quickly explained, I could redrill the holes for the cross support bar, to accommodate my slightly out of spec project car . He was off, and at a road race event when he took the time, to call me personally.. I could not be happier with the whole experience. I strongly recommend MMi for vintage Mustang suspension parts. Point being, old cars, with lots of work done on them, over many years, will almost always need some additional fabrication to install these types of parts. If it was easy, everybody would do it !!!.. God bless....
maybe I'm dumb but can you explain why it's beneficial to have a panhard bar on a leaf spring car? Isn't the axle always centered under the wheels with leaf springs? And won't a panhard bar cause the pumpkin to travel in an arc throughout the suspension travel? just trying to learn, thanks!
It for sure is a good question. The leaf’s actually bow up to two inches side to side while driving the car. The ride quality of the back of the car is made up of multiple components. One of which is the lateral elasticity of the spring which dirties up the vertical smoothness of the spring. Side forces through the spring basically make the spring feel sticky or choppy. The arch of our panhard rod creates about 3/16 side movement in the rear suspension. This is much less than the tire sidewalls and the springs. The benefits tremendously outweigh the 3/16” movements. Solid question for sure.
For those, that stumble on to this segment, I ordered one of these Panhard kits. After a little longer wait, than anticipated, I did receive my order.. The product is very well made, that said, I did have a fittament issue during my install. I contacted MMI with my problem, and to my surprise, Mike Maier himself, called me to discuss my issue. My 65 Fastback, had the frame rails, rear torque boxes and rear floor replaced, over many years, two different brands of torque boxes used and by different guys doing the work. All of this, meant I had a slightly narrower distance between my frame rails where the kit was to mount up. Mike listened to my problem, and quickly explained, I could redrill the holes for the cross support bar, to accommodate my slightly out of spec project car . He was off, and at a road race event when he took the time, to call me personally.. I could not be happier with the whole experience. I strongly recommend MMi for vintage Mustang suspension parts. Point being, old cars, with lots of work done on them, over many years, will almost always need some additional fabrication to install these types of parts. If it was easy, everybody would do it !!!.. God bless....
Just got mine and it’s a sweet little piece lots of thought put into the design!
Awesome, I'm looking forward to your final product, and hopefully a video of an install too! 😀
Great Video Mike!
maybe I'm dumb but can you explain why it's beneficial to have a panhard bar on a leaf spring car? Isn't the axle always centered under the wheels with leaf springs? And won't a panhard bar cause the pumpkin to travel in an arc throughout the suspension travel? just trying to learn, thanks!
It for sure is a good question. The leaf’s actually bow up to two inches side to side while driving the car. The ride quality of the back of the car is made up of multiple components. One of which is the lateral elasticity of the spring which dirties up the vertical smoothness of the spring. Side forces through the spring basically make the spring feel sticky or choppy. The arch of our panhard rod creates about 3/16 side movement in the rear suspension. This is much less than the tire sidewalls and the springs. The benefits tremendously outweigh the 3/16” movements. Solid question for sure.
@@briannemaier9564 thanks for the explanation!
Great video Mike. Glad to see you're still in the business! Sure miss you, Brianne, and the other good folks out there!
Tyson
How about working on your company’s customer service…. Just a thought