mikehalek Posted April 18, 2008 Report Posted April 18, 2008 Iv'e been thinking about lowering the P15 club coupe. Don't know which way to go, cut coils or Fatman uprights. Please help me out. I need to know the heigth from the floor to the bottom of the front bumper in the middle from some of you guys who have Fatman uprights on. Thanks in advance. Quote
falconvan Posted April 18, 2008 Report Posted April 18, 2008 I've got a set of them on the frame I built for my 48 Plymouth and I like them very much. They came with brackets to relocate the upper shock mount from the upper control arm to the frame. Everyone I've talked to said this made a huge difference in the ride. But if your looking for a lowbuck lowering method here's what I did on my 48 Dodge rat rod and it worked great. Remove the lower control arm and cut the spring mounting plate off of the top of it. It's just held on with a few rivets. There's a brace on the bottom of the arm, cut this off, too. Trim the edge of the spring mount bracket so that it can be relocated to the bottom of the control arm and will sit flush. Weld into place. I attached the lower spindle to it while I was doing it to keep everything straight. It worked perfect and gave me a 2 inch drop. I also cut 1 coil out of my springs to give me another inch, but not necessary. Here's a before and after shot of the control arm, and a shot of some brackets I made to relocate the shocks. 1967-72 Chevy truck front shocks worked really good. Quote
martybose Posted April 18, 2008 Report Posted April 18, 2008 Iv'e been thinking about lowering the P15 club coupe. Don't know which way to go, cut coils or Fatman uprights. Please help me out. I need to know the heigth from the floor to the bottom of the front bumper in the middle from some of you guys who have Fatman uprights on. Thanks in advance. My car, with 215/60-15 front tires is 10.5" to the bottom of the bumper. It used to be a little lower, but I was scraping speedbumps with the front crossmember, so I added a 1/4" spacer to my front springs to bring it up a little. The front springs are original, so they may have sagged a little over time. Marty PS Come to think of it, my car might be a little lower than that, since at the moment the entire cooling system, the head, the intake system and the alternator are all removed. Quote
mikehalek Posted April 19, 2008 Author Report Posted April 19, 2008 Thanks Marty, I just measured the coupe.The bottum of my bumper is 11 1/2 inches, no uprights and stock springs. Tires are 205-70-15. Would you post me a note with that measurement when your car is all together? Thanks Mike Quote
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