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mike I have been driving on the GW uppers & tall spindles for about 8 weeks. The car handles much better than before and the del-alum bushings are smoother & quieter than the poly I had before. The tall spindle conversion will drop the front end an additional 1" . Its not mentioned much, but the front wheel track will also be about 3/8 inch wider. Your tires will be a bit closer to the fender. Which, depending on your current wheel/tire may cause problems. I have 235/60x15 & have plenty of clearance. This past weekend I was at the Goodguys event in ft worth. Parked next to a 69 malibu which had the 2" dropped spindles. My elky was at least as low in the front as his. My springs were stock replacements about 6 years ago. I don't know what he had. One problem which surfaced after the GW conversion. My frame has sagged, I never noticed with stock suspension alignment. The shop could not get the numbers for camber that GW recommends. I need to have the frame spread to achieve their numbers (neg 1 degree as I recall). I don't know when I'll have this done. It rides/drives fine and money is tight right now. Finally I saved about $100, by buying thru Nationall Parts Depot. They are not my favorite supplier but, they were the only place I found that discounted the GW stuff. The workmanship of the GW arms is outstanding (FWIW). rick (Abilene Texas) 72 El Camino TPI 350/700r4 ACES #00140 TEAM CHEVELLE #00038 http://members.home.net/jimmy4/rick1972elky.html http://chevelles.com/showroom/ricks%20motor%20-L On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 15:10:27 -0600 "Michael Ishee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List >------------------------------------------------------------ > >I am doing a frame off restoration on my '70 chevelle and i am about >to >begin redoing the suspension. I was dead set on using Hotchkis's >complete >setup however i got to reading the info on Global West's site and they >seem >to know what they are talking about. So does anyone have any >experience >with either one of these comapanies or any recommendations. Also i >would >like to lower the car more than the 1" drop the new performance coils >offer >does anyone have any ideas on how i could go about doing this. >Thanks >Michael Ishee > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >----------------------------------------------------- >To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html >To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
