tkeaton All American 5775 Posts user info edit post |
no joking here.....
who makes the kits to lift the big ol nigga cars, impalas, crown vics, caprice, etc?
i know nothing about this facet of the auto market, wouldnt know where to start looking.......
seriously 12/7/2005 9:59:21 AM |
Grapehead All American 19676 Posts user info edit post |
i dont know but i know ppl i can ask. 12/7/2005 10:33:23 AM |
tawaitt All American 1443 Posts user info edit post |
I'm gonna guess that most of your local lifted rides use simple coil spacers/boosters from the parts store. I'm sure somebody makes an actual kit though 12/7/2005 10:55:14 AM |
Grapehead All American 19676 Posts user info edit post |
google didnt turn up anything useful. one promising page gave me 180 search assistant
im guessing spacers also 12/7/2005 10:58:21 AM |
stone All American 6003 Posts user info edit post |
are u sure its not a body lift? i dont know shit on this but i am guessing 12/7/2005 11:39:37 AM |
Grapehead All American 19676 Posts user info edit post |
are those old sedans coils or leafs?
some had leaf rears right? blocks?
i dont think its a body lift, ive seen a couple lifted caprices with 26s or so with no gap. 12/7/2005 11:41:40 AM |
tawaitt All American 1443 Posts user info edit post |
most older GM cars are coils i beleive, same setup as an a-body (cutlass, gto, chevelle, etc) cars that have leaves are almost always spring under, so blocks wouldn't work 12/7/2005 11:45:30 AM |
Tuite All American 1073 Posts user info edit post |
Reid loves them unibody BLs. 12/7/2005 12:25:35 PM |
69 Suspended 15861 Posts user info edit post |
airshocks will give you a few inches 12/7/2005 1:18:27 PM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
the more popular cars (caprices, etc.) have coils all around. most just throw in spacers or custom wound taller coils. some of the more radical/really tall ones are custom built deals with control arm drop brackets, custom tie rods, etc. i don't know of any mainstream manufacturer of "kits". as for body lifts, sort of... i've seen a couple with subframe spacers which would be the equivalent of a body lift on a unibody car. personally, if i was going to do a car like that i'd get a mopar with torsion bars and leaves. crank the t-bars up a few inches, shackles out back, and roll. 12/7/2005 2:11:31 PM |
slowblack96 All American 4999 Posts user info edit post |
here is what you do, put the car on a lift lift unitll the tires are off the ground the desired ride hieght. heat with a heat tourch. they will sag far enough to put the wheels on 12/7/2005 2:52:46 PM |
icanread All American 2119 Posts user info edit post |
^what the hell? 12/7/2005 2:56:05 PM |
stone All American 6003 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Reid loves them unibody BLs.
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yeah man i bought 5 on sale at 4wheel parts last weekend. i am going to try and sell them on ebay12/7/2005 3:14:00 PM |
69 Suspended 15861 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "heat with a heat tourch" |
i want one of these magic heats tourchs that doesnt weaken the springs and create a rolling death trap like an oxy/acetylene12/7/2005 5:38:06 PM |
tchenku midshipman 18586 Posts user info edit post |
I watched a friend remove some ricer springs from a civic DX
damn things looked like sproingy pubes
[Edited on December 7, 2005 at 5:44 PM. Reason : heat treated, obviously ] 12/7/2005 5:44:18 PM |
skankinande All American 28213 Posts user info edit post |
Spacers and body lift blocks
[Edited on December 7, 2005 at 7:02 PM. Reason : air shocks too] 12/7/2005 7:02:17 PM |
optmusprimer All American 30318 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "custom built deals with control arm drop brackets" |
winner.12/8/2005 7:49:30 PM |
skankinande All American 28213 Posts user info edit post |
Not for the majority, the ones I see are dump truck coils, spacers and maxed out air shocks. 12/9/2005 3:08:22 PM |