twigworker
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I have a 63 3000 in the shop that seems to be sitting even lower than it did when new. The owner is continually dragging the muffler and I am trying to offer a few options for raising the chassis ride height a little.
I know that I can build a set of longer shackles for the rear eyes and I know that the OEM shackles for the BJ7 and different than those for a BJ8, but I don't know if they would interchange or even if they are of different lengths anyway.
Another option would be to swap the OEM BJ7 springs for those that are supposed to be on a BJ8. I am told that the earlier springs will bolt in to LOWER the ride height of the later cars and it would seem that reversing that would get what I need.
If anyone wants to toss in any real world experience please do so.
Jack
I know that I can build a set of longer shackles for the rear eyes and I know that the OEM shackles for the BJ7 and different than those for a BJ8, but I don't know if they would interchange or even if they are of different lengths anyway.
Another option would be to swap the OEM BJ7 springs for those that are supposed to be on a BJ8. I am told that the earlier springs will bolt in to LOWER the ride height of the later cars and it would seem that reversing that would get what I need.
If anyone wants to toss in any real world experience please do so.
Jack