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How can I lower a 544? 444-544

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posted by  JohnMc on  Sat Aug 15 05:05 CST 2009
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Front springs are an unusual small diameter, so you won't have as much luck with 'creatively' sourcing them from hot rod parts catalogs.

I had a front spring breaks 7 or 8 years ago, and got a new pair from GCP.se. Installed them, and then the nose sat really high. I think the original springs, front and rear, had settled over the 40 years or so of holding the car up. I waited a few months for them to settle, and when they didn't, I cut about 3/4 of a coil off to get the car back down to where I like it. I've never messed with the rear springs.

As for shocks, KGTrimning in Sweden sells Bilsteins for both ends of the PV. I got some for the front of mine, but put some Fox body Mustang shocks on the rear because they were cheap and fit well, and they've worked fine for me.

Here's how mine sits (uglying up the PV section at a VCOA show a few years ago):





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'63 PV544 rat rod, '93 Classic #1141 245 +t






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