1972 Skylark Custom, UMI 2” lowering springs front and rear, tubular upper control arms (front), 0.9”tall upper and 0.5” tall lower ball joints. US Mags Bandit wheels, 17” x 8” with 235/55R17 BFG sport comp 2 tires. Work in progress. Handling is unbelievably better from stock.
finally got a few pics front-18x9 (255-45-18) 6.1 bs rear-18x10 (305-45-18) 5.7 bs BMR control arms, Viking coil overs, RideTech muscle bar swaybar, Zo6 Corvette brakes.
still under construction , but ... tubular a arms, disc brakes, and, just tried these on, 18 x8 and 18x9 GNX wheels, 255 front, 285 rear.
here are a couple of my cruising buddies rides 70 Judge (EFI 455 Poncho) 70 Nova(2018 LT1 from Corvette) and mine, all 3 are resto-mods
All three are VERY nice. That Nova is Killer! What's the story with your bumper...what's going on there? Never seen one like that.
it's fiberglass, we incorporated the homemade scoops to cool the trans cooler and the new engine oil cooler on the other side. Both coolers were not getting much air tucked behind that sealed area. Now it really works and brings temperature right down. Made a template from the turn signal light opening and made the scoops with the same radius keeping them some what uniform. They are growing on me, but they work.
LOVE that front bumper! Form & Function... the perfect design. Thanks for pointing that out Ben, I didn't notice first time through Well done!
Have you had any suspension contact issues or tire rub, with the 2" lowering springs and 0.9" and 0.5" tall ball joints?
There is some tire rub up front, on the anti sway bar mostly. No suspension travel or bottoming out issues though. I’ll probably be switching tire size eventually and that might help.
