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Old 07-03-2013, 12:48 AM
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Hey there. As a lot of you know when you lower these f body firebird or camaro the upper control arm gets put at such an angle in relation to the spindle arm and that ball joint is put at an extreme angle. Seems this can be solved with having a shorter spindle arm to allow for the upper control arm to sit lower and more level. Is there any aftermarket spindles that have a shorter spindle arm? Thanks
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We make a drop spindle. They use 3rd gen brakes.
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Originally Posted by notnilc20
Hey there. As a lot of you know when you lower these f body firebird or camaro the upper control arm gets put at such an angle in relation to the spindle arm and that ball joint is put at an extreme angle. Seems this can be solved with having a shorter spindle arm to allow for the upper control arm to sit lower and more level. Is there any aftermarket spindles that have a shorter spindle arm? Thanks

The drop spindles available are not appropriate for street driving. How much of a drop are we talking about here?
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We have from .5 - 1.5" of drop. None of the available drop spindles will hold up to daily abuse of pot hole after pot hole.

How much street driving?



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