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  1. harleycontracter
    Joined: Aug 25, 2007
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    I want to lower my A roadster for now and put my fenders on. This coming winter I'll do an AV8 conversion I have almost everything I need to do that. I'd like to lower it and drive it with the nabger this summer as is. I have a T spring for the rear possibly looking for suggestions To keep everything else stock as it is now,. Txs
     
  2. adam401
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    IMG_20220311_125011_739.jpg IMG_20211217_181237_712.jpg
    I did a quicky on this cars suspension one weekend this winter. It was bone stock. I put a T spring in the rear with a couple leaves removed. In the front I installed a 33-36 axle with 32-34 perch pins. Dropped it on some 7.00-16 and 5.50-16 tires and thats that. Its not exactly slammed but its considerably lower than it was
     
  3. Street Is Neat
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    4” drop rev eye / T rev eye 7A1AC6B0-6936-4411-B920-335BD36DE148.jpeg
     
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  4. Mr cheater
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    Model t spring as everyone is going to suggest. Reverse eye spring in the front with a 33 to 36 Ford axel. That’s pretty much the formula I used to build this car FE585AA2-35EB-41DC-85D4-3065052A0C2E.jpeg
     
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  5. harleycontracter
    Joined: Aug 25, 2007
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    33-36 axle with a reverse eye main spring in a 33-36 spring pack ? Thanks
     
  6. adam401
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    You use a 28-34 front spring
     
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  7. Street Is Neat
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    If your going to run front fenders and use a drop axle you need to use a early V8 axle there narrower then model a from perch hole to hole so tire clear fenders
     
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  8. easyrider47
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    I put a 2" lowered spring on the front of mine and then the tire rake
     

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  9. eyeball-shifter
    Joined: Sep 27, 2006
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    from MA

    All of the above and small, skinny tires on the front side finished cropped.jpg
     

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