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Re: Drop spindles; your experience?
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06/05/17 06:20 PM
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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.
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Re: Drop spindles; your experience?
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06/06/17 01:58 PM
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Are they "tall" ball joints?
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Re: Drop spindles; your experience?
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06/07/17 11:49 AM
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I have seen differences on ball joint stud length on stock replacement joints especially if they are made overseas.
Carl Kessel
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Re: Drop spindles; your experience?
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06/07/17 12:32 PM
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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
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Re: Drop spindles; your experience?
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06/09/17 05:36 PM
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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.
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Re: Drop spindles; your experience?
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06/12/17 01:53 PM
06/12/17 01:53 PM
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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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