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Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: geo.] #2316726 06/05/17 06:20 PM 06/05/17 06:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,451 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,451 So Cal	Originally Posted By geo. Originally Posted By John_Kunkel One problem with dropped spindles is that they place the lower control arm closer to the ground, you'll run into things you normally wouldn't. Yes!! With 15" wheels, No drop spindles! Maybe with 18" or larger wheels,and No headers it might be a good plan. If I was local to you, I'd want to try those wheels on an E body, but I'd put the 4.5 b.s. ones on the front and swap the tires, I think it would look great! chassis height will be adjusted with the torsion bar screws. So chassis can remain in same place. Yes, that side of the LCA will be 2" closer to the ground. But the wheel is there. Guess if you plan on driving over roadkill just to the inside of your tire you could have an issue. Or the very edge of a tall speed bump that's not very rounded. I haven't heard anyone hitting anything. But that doesn't mean much.

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: Supercuda] #2317057 06/06/17 10:28 AM 06/06/17 10:28 AM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 111 Connecticut, USA MRGTX OP member
MRGTX OP member Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 111 Connecticut, USA	Nope. It's a good thought but I tried this. Even the 4.5" BS wheels don't clear the QA1 balljoints on the front.

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: MRGTX] #2317136 06/06/17 01:58 PM 06/06/17 01:58 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours Supercuda About to go away
Supercuda About to go away Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours	Originally Posted By MRGTX QA1 balljoints Are they "tall" ball joints? They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: MRGTX] #2317186 06/06/17 04:32 PM 06/06/17 04:32 PM
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geo. enthusiast G Joined: May 2015 Posts: 259 n.c.	Originally Posted By MRGTX Nope. It's a good thought but I tried this. Even the 4.5" BS wheels don't clear the QA1 balljoints on the front. It sounds like those arms have less clearance than the stock arms. I've used 15x8" Supercoupe wheels on a Challenger with no interference with the upper arms/ball joints. Compare them with your stock arms, maybe you could carefully grind the tight spots?

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: MRGTX] #2317232 06/06/17 06:31 PM 06/06/17 06:31 PM
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autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,451 So Cal	Something seems strange about this. What spindles do you have? Do you have a picture of the interference? A picture of the uca installed on your car? You said you drove 100 ft with the 4.93" back spacing and there was some minor scraping. Did you have spacers on those when that happened? Where exactly on the rim did it scrape? Where on the UCA? So the 4.5" was the exact same? With spacers?

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: MRGTX] #2317578 06/07/17 11:49 AM 06/07/17 11:49 AM
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CKessel mopar C Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 667 Los Osos, Ca	I have seen differences on ball joint stud length on stock replacement joints especially if they are made overseas. Carl Kessel

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: MRGTX] #2317598 06/07/17 12:32 PM 06/07/17 12:32 PM
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Supercuda About to go away Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours	If you look at circle track stuff you can get tall upper ball joints for MoPars, some of them made by QA1, I suspect this might be it. As an example They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: Supercuda] #2318538 06/09/17 04:13 PM 06/09/17 04:13 PM
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MRGTX OP member Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 111 Connecticut, USA	They do appear to be slightly taller than the stock ones...I bought them based on good feedback on the quality of the arms.

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: MRGTX] #2318557 06/09/17 05:36 PM 06/09/17 05:36 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours Supercuda About to go away
Supercuda About to go away Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 14,889 up yours	QA1 does make good ball joints, but if the stock replacement type is short enough to let your rims work... Well that's a cheap solution. They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.

Re: Drop spindles; your experience? [Re: Supercuda] #2319883 06/12/17 01:53 PM 06/12/17 01:53 PM
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minivan master M Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 9,066 Eugene, Oregon	Way off here, but for reference I used 3" drop spindles on my 77 Chev truck in the pic... Used a 4" drop kit on the rear... Last edited by minivan; 06/12/17 01:53 PM.

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