This may not interest anyone on the board but i dropped my 68 fastback into my mechanic yesterday to have the front suspension re-alligned. Basically there was too much positive camber (my front wheels looked slightly bow legged) resulting in my front tyres wearing badly on the outer edges, and not handling very well.
I had been planning on a front suspension rebuilt with lowering springs as the front was sitting up very high.
Anyway he re-aligned the suspension and the front has dropped by around an inch at least. The car is now almost completely level, i was amazed. I had been afriad that even with a 1 inch drop my car would still be nose high but now i can drop the front and back by one inch and all will be level, i'm a happy man. I just thought i'd let you guys know incase anyone else might have this problem with camber. I never realised that incorrect camber could affect the height of the front suspension so much.
he also tightened my powersteering and its much more responsive, less sloppy than it used to be. I was going to buy a steering rebuild kit but i dont think i need it now.
One question for anyone whos got this far. I had been planing on new upper and lower control arms as well as 620 1" lowering springs. My mechanic maintains that my front suspension has no play in it and that i am wasting my money replacing parts that work perfectly well. What do you guys think? this guy is not into performance cars, hes just a good mechanic. Are replacement parts like the grab a track system going to make any difference to the handling if my current set up is in perfect condition?
I had been planning on a front suspension rebuilt with lowering springs as the front was sitting up very high.
Anyway he re-aligned the suspension and the front has dropped by around an inch at least. The car is now almost completely level, i was amazed. I had been afriad that even with a 1 inch drop my car would still be nose high but now i can drop the front and back by one inch and all will be level, i'm a happy man. I just thought i'd let you guys know incase anyone else might have this problem with camber. I never realised that incorrect camber could affect the height of the front suspension so much.
he also tightened my powersteering and its much more responsive, less sloppy than it used to be. I was going to buy a steering rebuild kit but i dont think i need it now.
One question for anyone whos got this far. I had been planing on new upper and lower control arms as well as 620 1" lowering springs. My mechanic maintains that my front suspension has no play in it and that i am wasting my money replacing parts that work perfectly well. What do you guys think? this guy is not into performance cars, hes just a good mechanic. Are replacement parts like the grab a track system going to make any difference to the handling if my current set up is in perfect condition?