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Old 01-04-2006, 12:07 AM
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i may be purchasing a 9" in the near future, and wanted to know if i'd still be able to drop it. this will be a street car, not track, so i'd like it to look good as well as have power.
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I know they make 9" rears to fit our cars, and if they use the same spring/shock mounting locations then I would think so. You just pick the springs you want in there.
Could be wrong though.
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yes you can lower it but why a 9" on the street . do you plan on using slicks on the street too? a little street racing perhaps
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installing the 9" will actually raise your car in the rear..... If you wanted to you could drop it....
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Originally Posted by Moparnos (The SLP Guy)
yes you can lower it but why a 9" on the street . do you plan on using slicks on the street too? a little street racing perhaps
i just dont want it to break in case i did take it to the track once in a while.

the car's a 6 speed, and i'm planning on going turbo :o



that's cool, i just didn't know if it would cause any problems with a bigger rear.
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I’m 1" lowered and found a few spots where the tk arm rubs; the tk arm-mounting bracket is also hitting the floor under hard acceleration.

This weekend I’m going to hammer the spots out.

So you can run a 9" lowered but you have to be willing to use a bfh to clearance your baby in a few spots.
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actually when i installed my moser it sits a little lower than the 12bolt i had in there before. and like TTSSZ said your going to have to clearance the underside of the car where the torque arm mounts to.
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Is there an aftermarket TQ arm that works well with the 9" clearance wise?
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My Camaro is lowered and I have had no problem with my Moser 9" housing. I'm using a LG Motorsports torque arm and a bunch of grinding was necessary to get it to fit. My true duals needed some minor tweeking also. Just took a 300 mile road trip in the car today and it rode very nice and nothing rubbed or banged anywhere.





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