stepped lower control arms
 

i am still kind of a newbie here. i have seen factory control arms that have a raised ball joint. does somebody make these or does somebody have a link where it shows you how to do this. thanks for any help!

Re: stepped lower control arms
 

Thats pretty old school what excatly is the look your going for?

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a cheap way of lowering as i have a welder and a way to get some steel.

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or is it better to go with dropped spindles ahd springs. iam wanting about 4/6 drop

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Are you leaf or coil in the back. You can cut one loop off the front springs to get alittle lower..

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coil in the back. it looks like the PO cut the bottom part of the sping off and welded flat bar to it then bolted that to the trailing arm

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For a mild drop like that I think I would just get some springs.

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who would you recomened?

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You could search e bay or pay 25 bucks to be a supportin memeber her and posta want to buy thread and I am sure there are some boarmembers here who would sell you a set for a reasonable price. Or summit raceing also has the springs.

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sounds good thank you

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Here's how to step the LCAs if you want to go that route. I'm planning on stepping them 2" on my '64, with 3" drop springs. It looks really straightforward if you trust your welding skills, or you can fab it up and tack it together, then take it to a professional to weld it up.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...highlight=tech

Re: stepped lower control arms
 

A lot of trouble for no more drop than it gives. Take out the coil spring and cut one round off ... cheaper ... faster ... and not near the "ruh roh" factor in case you weld something up a little crooked.

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If you want to keep the drums & go lower than 3" lowered springs will get you it is a cheap & easy way to do it.
That is if you have the skills to do it your self. I am going to do a set very soon...