Drop spindles available?

[rocket366]

I don't want to mess with my springs and would prefer drop spindles.

The gasser look is not for me!

TIA

Paul

 

[vozaday]

http://www.fatmanfab.com/product/1965-1973-ford-mustang-dropped-spindles

 

[Bentworker]

Drive over to Hayward and have a set of these made up. I have no idea if they can set it up with stock caliper mounting.

https://www.maierracing.com/product/1-drop-spindles-1965-70-ford-mustangs/

 

[luxstang]

What bugs me with those is that they don't work with stock brake components.

 

[OMS]

What bugs me with those is that they don't work with stock brake components.

Plus 1 ... Camaro brakes no less

 

[Don C]

With an appropriate spring compresser it's not that difficult to remove and replace the springs with a set of new Eaton springs that you select for ride height and rate. Everything remains stock and it's a good time to replace bushings and ball joints. New springs, bushings, ball joints, rotors, calipers, and pads are likely to cost less than dropped spindles.

 

[Bentworker]

Springs would be a reasonable way to lower the front an inch.

But sometimes an unreasonable method is more fun, or at least more expensive.

 

[Stanglover]

With an appropriate spring compresser it's not that difficult to remove and replace the springs with a set of new Eaton springs that you select for ride height and rate. Everything remains stock and it's a good time to replace bushings and ball joints. New springs, bushings, ball joints, rotors, calipers, and pads are likely to cost less than dropped spindles.

+1 on Don C's comment. Sounds like someone has changed the springs and put in crap aftermarket "one-size-fits-all" things. I went through this myself when I bought a SD front end kit. The front end was 2" too high and I went back to the original and still good Eaton Springs springs. No more nose high attitude. Why companies even try to sell springs as 65-73 beats me, they're ALL different. Get the right ones....period!

 

[Bentworker]

Some other random bit of info that came out of one of the Mike Maier inc videos was that the spring / shock to spindle motion ratio in stock form is about .56/1

So a spring that is 9/16" shorter will lower the car by 1".

 

[MikeGriese]

I don't want to mess with my springs and would prefer drop spindles.

The gasser look is not for me!

TIA

Paul

Seems like the work required to put in new offset spindles is more than it would be to just put in correct springs.

 

[rocket366]

Yea maybe springs are the way to go.

My 73 has the original springs and it was level until I 86ed the original front bumper and brackets

that combined weighed about 150 lbs and raised the front end almost 2 in.

I was amazed how heavy that old bumper and brackets were.

I installed a 72 chrome front bumper and brackets that weigh nothing so now I'm nose high.

Thanks for the input guys!

Paul

 

[vozaday]

I did 1" lowering springs then ended up cutting a 1/3 coil off of them which gave me a total of 1.5" lowered. I know it isn't the best way to do it but I didn't notice any negative performance from it once I had my wheel alignment done. Prior to the wheel alignment the car got squirly over bumps, but thats what zero caster will give ya.

 

[luxstang]

With an appropriate spring compresser it's not that difficult to remove and replace the springs with a set of new Eaton springs that you select for ride height and rate. Everything remains stock and it's a good time to replace bushings and ball joints. New springs, bushings, ball joints, rotors, calipers, and pads are likely to cost less than dropped spindles.

Yes and no. Up to a certain point shorter springs work fine. But I would love to use dropped spindles instead. The keyword here is suspension travel. 

My car sits so low on the shortened coils that the upper control arm has about 5-6 mm max before it hits the rubber bumper on top. 

If I had one inch drop spindles I could use one inch longer springs (compressed) and have one inch more travel in the suspension thus giving me a much more comfortable ride.

 

[Bentworker]

With an appropriate spring compresser it's not that difficult to remove and replace the springs with a set of new Eaton springs that you select for ride height and rate. Everything remains stock and it's a good time to replace bushings and ball joints. New springs, bushings, ball joints, rotors, calipers, and pads are likely to cost less than dropped spindles.

Yes and no. Up to a certain point shorter springs work fine. But I would love to use dropped spindles instead. The keyword here is suspension travel. 

My car sits so low on the shortened coils that the upper control arm has about 5-6 mm max before it hits the rubber bumper on top. 

If I had one inch drop spindles I could use one inch longer springs (compressed) and have one inch more travel in the suspension thus giving me a much more comfortable ride.

Lol.  

Your ride must be low enough it would get high-centered on baseball that rolled into the street.

 

[luxstang]

Almost, yeah.

The strut rod brace is 15,5 cm (6.1 inches) from the ground, the crossmember under the engine 11 cm (4.33 inches).

Depending on the rims up front, it can be even lower than that.

 

[Stanglover]

Yea maybe springs are the way to go.

My 73 has the original springs and it was level until I 86ed the original front bumper and brackets

that combined weighed about 150 lbs and raised the front end almost 2 in.

I was amazed how heavy that old bumper and brackets were.

I installed a 72 chrome front bumper and brackets that weigh nothing so now I'm nose high.

Thanks for the input guys!

Paul

AHHHH!! You didn't mention you took off the front bumper and shed 150lbs. No wonder the front is high. PLEASE, go to Eaton Detroit Springs' website or call their 1-800 number and get the right springs for the reduced weight. I'm guessing and depending on your tranny, A/C etc., springs for a 71 -72 would be better. And while at it, spend the money and replace all the front end joints. Do it once do it right as mentioned in earlier posts. For me and unless you're doing a resto-mod, drop spindles are not the way I would go. Even if you did, it may be time to replace all the joints anyway. Also, cutting springs apparently will alter their rate and travel, which can cause even more issues.

 

[c9zx]

With an appropriate spring compresser it's not that difficult to remove and replace the springs with a set of new Eaton springs that you select for ride height and rate. Everything remains stock and it's a good time to replace bushings and ball joints. New springs, bushings, ball joints, rotors, calipers, and pads are likely to cost less than dropped spindles.

Yes and no. Up to a certain point shorter springs work fine. But I would love to use dropped spindles instead. The keyword here is suspension travel. 

My car sits so low on the shortened coils that the upper control arm has about 5-6 mm max before it hits the rubber bumper on top. 

If I had one inch drop spindles I could use one inch longer springs (compressed) and have one inch more travel in the suspension thus giving me a much more comfortable ride.

Mike, You may want to talk to Global West about PN TS 70T. It may be a fix for your problem. Chuck http://www.globalwest.net/mustang-tubular-inner-shock-tower-supports-1967-1968-1969-1970-1971-1972-1973-global-west-suspension.html

 

[Jeff73Mach1]

I did the spring swap and with the right spring compressor. I think it took me about 3 hours. Everything else was in good shape and it got the front end down and firmed up. If you need new shocks it is a good time to replace them while you are at it.

It isn't hard, just a little tedious.

 

[luxstang]

Thanks Chuck. That's a cool part. I'll look into it. Gotta make sure that with the extended suspension travel the tires won't start hitting something they can't get to now.