Hey Guys, I have an issue with the front suspension on my 72 cutlass. My issue is that the front passenger side on my ride sits extremely lower then the rest of the car. For starters the previous owner lowered the front end but i am not sure how he did it. from the looks of my springs (they look new) he installed lowering springs. I want to raise the car back up to stock height. in the pics you can see the sag in the front and the way its jacked up in the rear. Do you guys think the rear looks like it was raised or does it just look like that cause the front is so low. Also it rides like a tank with the front so low...........lol

I also threw in some side shots so you can see the clearence difference from driver to passenger side.

Thanks
Ernest

 

Without knowing just what kind of springs the previous owner installed it is hard to give you much of an answer. If the springs were heated to achieve the lower stance, maybe one side is a different height---check and make sure all the springs are seated in the "cups" in the control arms and in the rear upper pockets. It is easy enough to replace all the springs with the stock height ones, afterward I'd suggest a front-end alignment.

 

I will check that. ultimately (as in the next month or so) I wil be replacing those springs with Moog 5390 or 5450. The car is a 350 w/o AC but i like the higher ride height. I dont want the front to be higher the the rear. I want a nice level stance. The rear is at a height i am comfortable with but the front needs to come up. Am i looking at the right part # for want i want to achieve?

 

this weekend i crawled under the car to check and see if my coils were seated correctly in the perch and i found this.......... the lower shock mount had one bolt in it and it wasn't even finger tight. it still had 4-5 threads showing before the head of the bolt meet the flange on the shock. so, after tightening the existing bolt and adding the other one the car did lift slightly but i am still an inch lower on the passenger side then the driver.