coilovers

[lt1chevelle]

should i run a rear coilover set up on my 65 chevelle? if not what do u suggest? and how hard is it to mount the rearcoil overs?

[aonghus]

It depends on what you're looking to do. A well tuned suspension with traditional shocks/leafs/coils (not familiar with your car at all) can ride and run pretty dang well. Don't go coil-overs for the bling effect, go coil-overs because you value the ability to quickly change the ride height and damping/rebound settings for your suspension... that is, if you are going to track it.

[wendell]

Coil overs aren't really for changing the ride height of your car. Their explicit benifit is the ability to set wheel weights. Gross changes to ride height should be done by design.

[lt1chevelle]

i was doing coilovers becuase i was told drop spindles on an a body car arnt that grate by a few different ppl on this site and lateral-g.net

[aonghus]

Coil overs aren't really for changing the ride height of your car. Their explicit benifit is the ability to set wheel weights. Gross changes to ride height should be done by design.

completley agree, I was reffering to what 9 out of 10 people on this site would use coil overs for as almost all the cars here are street driven.

The issue with drop spindles is tie-rod to rim clearance, if you plan on going with a wider than stock wheel you'll almost definately face intereference issues.