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to lower the front coil overs are the trick.They do not screw up the front end settings or handling Did you use their upper control arms also?
Hotchkiss is the only ones that I know of that have the bracket to reloate the upper A arm rear attachment point . This sets the plane of the A arm shaft to what would be parrell to the t bar. This helps eliminate the front end changes during travel.



I thought the front end changes during suspension travel (bump steer) had more to do with the steering links following the same arc as the upper and lower suspension arms so that the steering linkage isnt pulled when the suspension travels up and down...causing the car to missalign throughout the suspension travel causing the steering on the car to wonder all around while the suspension travels.

I dont see how coil overs would do any better than a torsion bar for adjusting the height. The suspension components dont care if its a torsion bar or a coil over that holds the suspension at a certain level. nor if its a coil over or a torsion bar that makes the suspension travel a certain range...

the only way of lowering a front suspension without messing the concieved geometry and range of motion that it was designed to work at is by installing a dropped spindle.

what im asking is if, with the Hotchkis relocated upper A arm, the suspension was designed to work at factory height or at a 1" lower height than factory to work with the 1" lowered leafsprings that the Hotchkis TVS system comes with.

If the hotchkis system is designed to work at stock height, then in order to match the 1" lower height at the rear I will need to get some 1" dropped spindles.

I guess Ill just have to bolt on the front suspension , put the car in the air and see how bump steer reacts throughout the suspension travel....

or call Hotckis and ask, if they ever pick up the phone....

their website's FAQ doesnt say squat about this!