Re: Suspension & tire stuff

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

>I've come into a set of springs that will lower
>my '87 5kTQ somewheres around an inch & a half. 

Must be H&R..... Yech! Toooooooo loooooowwwwwww.... NJTH

>The first question is, will the
>stock shox I've got in the car right now still work?  

Yes and no.  If I remember correctly the stock Boge's have a soft ride 
section and you would lower the car past it.  The other problem is you 
can bottom that shaft and that gets ugly quick. Especially considering 
that the strut is also used as your steering shaft...

>Second off, lowering the car with springs won't change the actual stance of 
the
> car any more than say loading it full of crap with a stock suspension will 
>it?

Same thing kinda sorta.....

>I can bottom out the suspension on the car right now in every well (pick the
>car up by one tire with a hydraulic jack) without rubbing fenders, I'm 
>assuming
>lowering the car will not change that.  I don't want to loose the ability to
>cram five 200 pound guys & all their crap for a ski weekend into it over a
>silly thing like cornerability.

When you lower a car you can do it the right way, or the way everybody 
else does it. (Also know as the wrong way)  When you lower the car you 
HAVE to increase the ride rate of the car to keep the suspension from 
bottoming.... The lower you go, the stiffer you have to go.... And as it 
is 1.5" is too low..........


Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

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