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Offline Madmax440

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Lowering Front End
« on: January 05, 2007 - 08:22:07 PM »
What is the best way to lower the front end down an inch or two ??? I remember the days when we would cut the springs or put them little clamps on them to depress.




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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2007 - 08:50:48 PM »
Since mopars have torsion bars instead of springs in the front I would not reccomend cutting those.  :roflsmiley: It is really easy on mopars. There is an adjustment bolt on each of the lower control arms. If you tighten them, it will raise the car, loosen will lower. Not sure how much a full turn will lower or raise a car. I usually make a good guess , then drive the car. If I am not happy with the height I adjust some more. You have to be careful though, I lowered my Challenger to the ride height that I wanted, which looked absolutely *****in, but I ran out of room for front end allignment and now my car suffers from really bad uneven tire wear. I am going to invest in adjeustable upper control arms to compensate for my issue. Hope this info helps some.
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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2007 - 10:35:47 AM »
I agree with 72hemi ... just remember to drive the car in and out of the driveway a few times after your adjustment to let the car settle to the new ride height.

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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2007 - 05:48:19 PM »
Do you have a diagram ??? I don't want to adjust the wrong bolt and I am a little slow. 

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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2007 - 12:27:06 AM »
the bolt is a 3/4 " , inside the lower control arm from the bottom , rasie the acr Before adjusting the bolt to make sure you do not strip the threads

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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2007 - 08:10:57 AM »
     :iagree:  The bolt that's pointing down  & spray some rust bustin lube on there too. 
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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2007 - 09:11:15 AM »
Wasn't there some drop spindles available at one time?  I think they were made by Fat Man Fabrication.
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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2007 - 05:32:58 PM »
Perfect - Thanks Guys.

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Re: Lowering Front End
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2007 - 09:08:56 AM »
Wasn't there some drop spindles available at one time?  I think they were made by Fat Man Fabrication.

You are correct, Fat Man does have the spindles. I think you have to run the codoba brakes, but there is potential alignment issues. Also note they achieve this with a taller spindle. I haven't studied depdending on all of the pertinent factors this could make cornering akward, I'm not sure but the possiblity exists. If i'm not mistaken the intended market was the guys who put Volare front ends on old trucks like 55 Ford F100s and such. It let them get the low stance without turning the bars down so far.