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I think he meant to say uppers are speedways lowers are stock.
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SignUp Now!They are.I'm confused, I thought you said you had two cars with the speedway tubular uppers on? Are they installed with stock lowers?
Adding it to the bottom also lowers the car.Charlie, with the 8.5" speedway uppers, I know I need 1/2" taller ball joints. Is there any difference in geometry adding the 1/2" to the top vs the bottom? Ride height is stock. Hoping to do body bushings all around too.
Adding it to the bottom also lowers the car.
David's right. It will lower the car by about 1/2". If you don't have new springs in the front it would be a good time to add them and then you will be a little more level with the back.
If you like the way things are working, don't mess with it then.
It def needs the uppers, my bushings are shot. I'll add the 1/2" to the upper ball joint. New body cushions too when I get the fillers done next year.
Only one person in this thread had an issue. So the choice is yours unless you want to spend mega bucks on the other options. Have them on my cars no issues. I live in the sticks and plenty of bumpy roads out here. No problem.
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My thinking (remember i don't have a clue)
Stock uppers
in a lowered car the top control arm pushes the top BJ out (away from the frame) and hurts the angle of the top BJ
Speedway's
In a lowered car the speedway's DO NOT push out the top BJ as much and fixes the angle on the top BJ
if my above thinking is off PLEASE educate me.
In my case i am also using the taller lower BJ to bring up the spindles and put the upper control arm level with the ground, which would put it at or close to a 90* angle with the upper BJ allowing the BJ maximum movement space.
My reason for these crazy thoughts is take a stock Upper control arm and hold it level with the ground and look at the angle that the BJ base is on. Then take a BJ and hold it straight down.
Remember every car is different and so are everyone's personal preferences.
I'm a little concerned after reading through this thread, I plan on putting on my set of Gbodyparts UCA's tonight. I have to fix some other problems in the front end so I was planning on going ahead and putting them on tonight. Should I reconsider?