want to lower my 68 Beaumont but read so many differant ways with many differant results. woild like to hear of anyone who's lowered thier A body with success and what they used without trying to be sold a product. real life experiences please,any help is appreciated,thanks
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you can swap/cut the coils but this will generally give you a harsher ride and not have as much up travel in the suspension before you hit the bump stops
if you use a lowering spindle you retain the stock ride quality but might run into clearance issues with the lower control arm and the rim (depends on the wheel diameter)
if you have a credit card with lots of room left go air ride,best of all worlds
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69 2+2 convert pw,ptop,disks and 3.73 posi 12b on the way
Alot depends on how much u want to lower it, small block, big block?
I lowered my (2) 64, new springs, by cutting half a coil, front and back and got about and inch.
My lower control arms are just about level.
I don't find the ride harsh.
Are you looking at lowering front & rear? Or just the front? Cutting part or all of a coil out of the front springs is doable - but I don't think that will work on the rear of 1967 and newer A-bodies because (if I remember correctly) they have a pig tail both top & bottom.
I hadn't heard about the wheel-to-control arm clearance issue with drop spindles mentioned by 2plus2 - I need to look into that.
use Eibach coilsprings-they drop your car about 1 1/2"-easy swap-put in new gas shocks at the same time.Have done it 4 times to cars I have owned and it works excellent each and every time-did it on my 66 beaumont rag,my 68 buick rag,and my 68 wagon-they all sat really nice after the new coils were installed
Would like to lower front 2 inches and rear 1 inch and run 17 or 18 inch wheels. will be small block. I am ordering a disc brake upgrade so thought i'd get a 2" drop spindle with 13 " rotors and 1" lowering spring in rear. Although I like the suggestion to use lowering springs all around. Just looking for the way with the least problems and fairly easy on the wallet. ( if there is one)