whats needed to make a 68 caddy lay in rear

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whats needed to make a 68 caddy lay in rear
mifiastylebitches avatar
mifiastylebitches
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hey man check and see if your trailing arms are binding up you mite have to redo them to make them except being that low!
Dragthatchit avatar
Dragthatchit
+1y
on my 63 rivi, which has suspension very similar to a 68 caddy, the frame is about an inch from the ground and im runnin a 255/50-18 in the rear, its like 28.5 tall, and ive just put bags in place of the springs. hte rearend is on the rails now, and if i go any lower( i.e. c notch) ill have to rearwork my upper crossmember and link bar so they clear each other ond dont bind up
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DLYDRGGR
+1y
it lays now jared... i had to build new upper link bars from 1.25" tubing... i told pete bout it yesterday but think its cuz im runnin a 225 75 15 tire which is alot taller than a 245 35 20. it was only a inch off the ground before i notched the frame tunneled the floor and got shorter shocks. did it between friday night and yesterday so hit me up if you wanna check it out



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xmdragonass avatar
xmdragonass
+1y
if the suspension is anything like a caprice... on my caprice i had to notch the frame, raise the driveshaft tunnel and it still wouldnt lay... it was becuz the stock trailing arms were binding up so i had to extend all of them almost 1 1/2" and now it lays flat as a board, its becuz they arent built to allow enuf travel so they bind up and actually hold the car up.... hope that helps ???
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simple4door
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thanks ryan i knew you would figure it out just thought i would ask for some thoughts on it to figure it out cuz pete was freakin out about the work and it not layin .
p.s. looks sweet mine will be there soon!