The rears bolt right on. If you're using stock front lower control arms, you need to open the hole up because the Q's are a larger diameter than a standard shock. To make things easier for me, I welded two nuts on the control arm after I opened up the hole. Other than that, they bolt on.
Herb Lumpp http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of TC Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 7:05 AM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] shocks for 65 chevelle??? Any mods to install the Q's ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb Lumpp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:06 PM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] shocks for 65 chevelle??? > J.R., > > I have QA1's on my Elky. Even though they're on the pricey side, I really > like them. Not only do they look cool, but they have 12 adjustments with > position 1 being the lowest, almost like a 90/10 drag shock to position 12 > nearly making the shock a solid bar. On top of all that, they're > rebuildable, which means they'll most likely be the last shocks you'll ever > buy. > > Herb Lumpp > http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of PoSTaL > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Chevelle-list] shocks for 65 chevelle??? > > > i'm looking at what my costs are to redo my whole suspension for my 65. > anyone have any experiance with what shocks are good for everyday driving > but also can stand up for performance. i read the super chevy article thi > slast month and they used qa1 shocks but i called them up and they priced > themselves right out of my consideration. at 163 each for fronts and 173 > each for rears thats a little too steep for me to touch. Bilsteins can be > had for 360 a set through hotchkis. and KYB can be had for 120 a set > through PST, any others out there i should check out and consider, anyone > have any of these and can testify how they like them. thanks in advance > guys to anyone that can help. > > J.R. > 65 Chevelle SS Convt #'s > 79 El Camino > > >
