Glad you guys are still pumping out quality videos. Thanks for your work!

I’ve gotta get my roller perches on. Got the diy kit and went together very nice. Guess oil fill shocks are next. Thanks guys

My wife and I took the original style shocks and put on gas shocks all away around, we also added 1/2 inch to new rear leaf springs. We achieved a very nice ride height and very stable ride and it actually goes over railroad tracks better than our Honda Accord. 68 Mustang. We love the ride and vacations with the car, we love it as much as we did when they came out new.

I wanted to lower the front of my old Chevelle so I swapped the small block for a big block and it worked like a charm.

Thanks guys, On my 79 T-bird the drivers rear sags about 1"+ compared to the rh side. I've replaced coil springs, shocks, bushings, even tried to shim the bushings up on the lh rear with no luck, just can't get that much lift into it. Going to order a 3/4" spacer to install on top of the coil spring and try that.

Great points! I know we expect perfection when we upgrade our suspension from a stance perspective but a little patience is important while everything settles in. Resisting the urge to break out the cutoff tool and start trimming coils is probably a good idea ;)

Great tips. Thanks.

Hello 🤗 there gents, just caught this one, it's a nice classic car remedial learning segment.. Keep the village knowledge coming!!!!

love all of your videos, especially the camaro videos

NPD...You couldn't ask for better/faster service. I ordered a set of door handles, and pads from them for my 83 F100...lo and behold, I opened the pads..no driver side, all the pieces were there, just all for the pass side.I should add, no fault of NPD, it was a sealed pkg. Called the 800 number, stated my delima, sorry for the inconvenience, we'll send you another set and be sure you have a right, and left....This was friday at about 4PM, the following Tues, had set with r/l pads, all is good, nice handles,fit good,looks good.

On my 70 ranchero the ride height was a inch and a half too low. Instead of installing thicker urethane upper spring seats. I pulled the spring up with a compressor. I changed the spring perch pressed in bolts to grade 8 bolts a little longer. I also got some grade 8 flat washers. I put flat washers under the spring perch on top of the control arm. And a grade 8 washer under the control arm to spread the load of the nut. This allowed me to fine tune the ride height precisely. I also found on a friends 66 fairlane 500 that there the shock only had an inch and a half of compression left. I ground some longer carriage bolt heads to match the captured bolts that hold the shock mount on . I used stacks of fender washers to space up the shock mount about an inch and a half. This worked out perfect. Plenty of hood room. Lots of shock travel. Worked great. He got some expensive double adjustable shocks. Installed them. Threw out the stacks of washers. Drove it for a few months. Then it was like the shocks did not work. Because he had removed the washers he had not enough travel . Broke the pistons in the shocks. When he went to lift the shocks out. The rods pulled right out of the top.

When we took the springs out of our car, they were two different diameters and one of them obviously had a torch applied to them because a portion of the coil had a slight S / flat spot in it.

Now I understand why my brother said to not tighten up the control arms all the way until we set it down 🤔

Biggest NO-NO I see is tightening the control arm bushings and spring hangers on the hoist with everything hanging..... I'm so game for a show on stupid crap on the interwebs.

Yes indeed this all happened to me. I have a 68 Mustang coupe and I put all new front suspension on except for the coil springs. I used KYB gas shocks on the front and back. It looks like I built a rocket and have it aimed for the moon. I hate the height and have been thinking I would get lowering coils and do the shelby drop also. It is really frustrating to spend all that time and money to end up with it jacked up so high in the front. I did do as ya'll suggested and took it to have everything tightened properly plus front end alignment but it's still way up in the front !!

I have a 68 Cougar with a slight reverse rake. I just assumed the rear end was down a little. But.... It's an original 390 FE car but now has an aluminum intake as well as new gas shocks. So it may just be riding a little high in the front from weight reduction etc... No Shelby drop yet but wondering if the Shelby drop with roller spring perches would lower it some and be just right? Time will tell. Thanks for all your cool video's guys!

An episode on how to straighten a chassis at home? 67 Mustang was rear ended and modern shops either don't do old cars or $$$

I just rebuilt the suspension on my 2010 Challenger - never done this kind of thing before. Replaced the control arms upper, both lower, end links, tie rod ends, ball joints, Bilstein struts (stock springs, new isolators, bellows) I "thought" I had the control arms fairly level, but I think now that may not be the case, especially when I was trying to get all of the components to line up to tighten up. I only drove it for about 30 miles, but it's about 3 inches higher that it was before. Bilsteins went out back, but no rise in the back.

I wish he could talk about front wheel drive with struts....

Excellent video as always, guys, but please review this and consider the level of Actualitis involved. Thank you!

I did the opposite lol. Bought 2" drop spings for my suburban. Got it all done, let the jack down, and it just kept going >.< It dropped about 5-6 inches instead. Still haven't chosen New springs to correct that.

So...is there a correct drive height, or is it subjective? How do you know when the height for a stock suspension is correct? Are there factory measurements? Asking for a friend...well no....actually asking for me. Got a 75 Pontiac with original springs that "might" be riding a little loooowww after 45 years.

Man, I have this exact same problem. Rebuilt the entire suspension on my 79 T-Bird. Rear end raised a tad and set nicely, Front end is way up there, like an inch or two higher then stock. Even worse when I filled it up today. The rear end went down as the front sticks up. I've only driven it 20 miles since the rebuild.... I'll have to wait the extra 480 miles before I choose my next course of action... I may raise the rear tho to compensate for the time being

just finished putting frnt and rear oem spec shocks and springs in my 77 cutlass . put it on the ground , the ride height way off . about 6 in between top of tire and lip of wheel well. is this gonna settle? how would i lower the rears? fronts were a btch., and frightening. at the time said ill never do that again. moog products.

Do an episode on rear suspensions that end up too high.

oh yeah....great advice guys..... I'd just want factory ride height myself.... and I sense a new project! 55 fairlane post Gasser? but.......great advice anyway love and factory height Starliners

Push down on car with skidsteer bucket will settle suspension ...LOL.. So should one bounce on the New sprangs with the Bobcat bucket befor installing that would stimulate dukes of hazard driving with out doing it ?...;}......LOL

U remind me of my highschool mechanic teacher

With the Shelby drop, I turn the steering wheel back and forth and the the body settles to ride height. Simple.

i need to lower the rear end, can you advise?

You guys didn't mention the shelby drop on mustang to get desired ride height

Don't tighten nothing till it on the ground, lol.

Wow. I guess nothing is necessarily as simple as it would seem.

Who knew that one day Konis would be the cheapest option for hydraulic shocks.

"hey hon I gotta get some new QA1s for all four corners of the car....the ones in the car aren't correct..yes they are pricey but he said I can't skimp on the suspension." 🙏🙏🙏 I've been waiting for an excuse thank you 🍻🍻😅

waiting on more 63 galaxie videos.

The only way you can enjoy a classic car in New England is to jack it up.

They don't have 67 Fairlane parts

Whenever I have a ride height issue with a Ford I just put an FE 390 in it. Problem solved

Lmao 🤣

To much laughing and joking

Woohoo first comment finally