I bolt mine directly to the factory spring hangers and I have no issues at all. I have thought about the 002,003 springs but with my car weight I would think the rear would sag very quickly given the reputation of the current MP SS springs.
The 454,455 springs have a very stiff front segment which is what you want under a stick car with some decent low end grunt twocents
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64 Plymouth Savoy
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