Drop my buick

[Camaro~kid]

Guys.. i have a buick park ave.. if any one would be soo kind to find some info on how to drop my buick with OUT cutting the suspension that would be great i have googled it a milliion times and got nothing... so if any one can find me jus a little info that would be great.
Ohh btw i need it to be half way cheap too.. and i plan to do it myself

Jake~

[TheSilentChamber]

probably nobody makes drop springs for that, but if you cross reference the part number with other gm stuff you might turn up something that someone makes drop springs for. Besides that you can hve custom springs made to your specs. You could also go air or hydrolic setup.

[curtis73]

I agree with SilentChamber. Start with either a web search, a hollander exchange manual, or a GM parts counter. You can cross reference part numbers with spring rates of other GM vehicles. Almost all of GMs strut springs will be identical in diameter.

There is a dizzying array of springs available from the factory. Each car line has two or three engine options necessitating different springs, along with performance levels, transmission weights, and some even have different springs based on 2 or 4 door models. I'll bet for GM front drive springs there are over 100 options that would physically bolt in to your P/A.

Once you find the ones you want, estimate a few in each direction, then hit the junkyards. Buy up a bunch of used springs (trust me; they're fine) and set them in place. Keep testing until you've found the right ones for the stance.

Always increase spring rate about 20% for each 1" drop you've made. If you take out a 400# spring and replace it with one that has dropped by 1", it should be at least 480# or you'll constantly be bottoming out. You should then probably choose struts with a slightly stiffer valving to match the energy stored in the springs. Since they're off, you might as well replace them so just go with the gas-charged performance version for your car.

Lots of work, but it will save you hundreds if not thousands. I've done this for a few of my cars. I have a 66 Pontiac Bonneville with 1994 Police Caprice springs in the front, and a 96 Impala SS that used to have F150 springs in the front.

[CBFryman]

or you can buy thoe leveler clamps from JC whitney and if it has leafs in the rear (i dontk now if it does or not) just use blocks... thoes leveler clamps basically compress 2 or 3 winds in the spring....its ghetto but it works...ive seen a CRX droped 4" with 16 of thoes things (2 sets on each spring)...but it has almost no suspenison travle...it was like riding in a go-karted go-kart...

[TheSilentChamber]

Hey dumbass... shut the fuck up.

[CBFryman]

hey asshole...i was throing a ghetto option out there. maybe some people dont like searching throuhg junk yards to find a car that has a spring which fits his car which he can go out and take off himself and hten change springs a quazillion times to find which he wants...

[TheSilentChamber]

I bet your mom wishes she'd took the ghetto option with a coat hanger. He said he did not want to lower it by cutting, you option gives the same result as cutting.

[mike@af]

Watch it guys. Dont suggest "half-ass" ideas because somebodies safety is involved and we dont want anyone getting injured are killed. Only suggest the proper way to do it.