Lowering my 1989 Cab

[Guest]

Hi

I am thinking of having my 1989 3.2 widebody cabriolet lowered. My mechanic tells me this is a matter of adjusting the torsion bars. He says this takes about an hour for the front end but about 4 hours for the rear due to the fact he has to de-couple the rear bar. He has recommended adjusting the height by about 1 inch and says the car will need a wheel alignment as well. Has anyone done this? and if so are there any pitfalls? I have recently seen one similar and it looked fantastic.[][]

Cheers

Ian

 

[paul kelley]

Hi

Think about this very carefully as it may make the steering very heavy. I cant remember who had this done a few years ago, but he had an ongoing problem in setting the car up.This may or may not be easier with modern four wheel alignment equipment.

In my opinion, if in doubt, don`t.

Have fun

Paul Kelley

 

[totsnap]

Recomend that you talk to Chris Frankiln @ Centre Gravity and have the car has full geo set up inc corner weights, best upgrade / fix that the car can have - think about the lowering tho - dont go beyond CS settings....

 

[Mike58]

This is my cab lowered to CS spec by 9M
It does make the ride less compliant but the steering weight is fine. Dont get too much neg camber put on as it makes the car v twichy. Makes the car kinda speedstery look.

 

[Mike58]

different angle , cabs are great aren't they ?

 

[nathan 1981 930 G50]

If you let him do it then get the car corner weighted and aligned properly afterwards. Alignment consists of toe and camber on all 4 wheels. Castor on the front wheels too.
If your mechanic doesn't know what this means then don't let him do it.

I would get Chris Franklin to do it personally.