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Im looking to raise my gbody elco 2'' all around. I have air suspension in the rear. Hoping to raise the front. Wondering if anyone on here has done this? What shocks and springs could I use? Any Pictures? Thanks

Greetings everyone, I installed a UMI suspension kit on my 1981 El camino and it included control arms. Once I installed, torqued, and greased everything, I took it out for a drive. Immediately met with a new clunking noise coming from drivers side as I roll over mild imbalances in the road. I...

Hi everyone. I have a 85 elco with a stock 350. I want to do some modifications to get some more power out of it but I don’t want to alter the suspension. I like how soft and smooth the suspension is and wouldn’t want to get rid of that plus I just rebuilt it all with genuine gm. I did add a...

Hey ya'll I recently fitted some lowering springs to the rear of my 85 elco, I went to do the front and saw that the bushings were cracked and realised I might as well replace them while i'm doing the front springs. I'm not too familiar with what bushings are what and what should be replaced...

I'm new to suspension setups but I really want an aggressive-looking, nose-down rake on my 84 Elky when all is said and done. I'm looking at suspension kits (this thing's so full of rust I may have to replace it all anyway) and it looks like generally speaking any height adjustment is targeted...

Hey all, I have a 1971 El Camino that I'm currently using as a primary car and trying to restore. I need to replace my suspension soon (have been replacing ball joints and shocks over past year and all rubber is now shot). So I need to basically replace all the bushings and the rest of the ball...

So, I'm looking to get a 2"-3" lift on my 72 base El Camino. Nothing crazy, just trying to clear some good A/T tires to give it a bit of a rally look. I'm hoping to either do taller springs or spring spacers, but I'm having a hell of a time finding what in looking for. Hoping to get some answers...

Hey all, My '80 plain jane 'Camino has some VERY rusty lower-rear-control arms and I can see (and hear when driving) that those bushings are terrible. The lower control arms themselves are incredibly rusty and sloughing large flakes of material. I decided to address this problem sooner rather...

I have an 84 el camino. I am puttin new bushings in the upper control arm. The shaft has a washer on it that goes inboard of the bushings. I can't remember if the washer goes on the forward or aft end of the shaft. Any help is much appreciated.

Hey fellas, just seeing if anyone has any tips. I want to freshen basically all of my suspension with all new parts within budget. Any idea of certain parts that you love that I should buy as well? I want to lower overall about two inches, and I want it to be much stiffer. Any help would be...

So, I'm planning on putting in a 4 link suspension setup in the rear, throwing some big ole disc brakes on all 4 corners, and some other goodies and goodness in there. :nanawrench: Not sure what to do/where to go with the front end suspension. Hotchkis seems awful light on parts for it. Any ideas?

So I finally got to the point in my rebuild/mod where I was able to drive my 81 around the block a few times. I have owned the cruck for 6 months and this is this first time I have driven it. :nanawrench: I really doubt if this cruck has been on the road for more than 10 years. It felt really...

So far so good..

I'm currently looking for my second 3rd generation El Camino to do a full custom build on. Basically, I'm going for a pro touring/road trip style build. (aluminum LS motor, t56 trans, performance mods, suspension mods, creature comforts, etc) I'm wondering, what is the absolute biggest tire...

So on my dream machine list, a fully redone suspension is already present. What isn't present is a way to improve the actual steering of the car. My elky has some definite slop in the steering wheel. What can I do to eliminate the slop and improve the actual steering of the vehicle (excluding...

I just purchased a BMR set of dropped springs, front and rear. Installed the rear springs today. Still doing the tubular a arm conversion and steering work so I'm waiting to do the front. Anyway, I don't know what was on the car before, if it was factory or not. I do know that it sat one inch...

I am 17 just bought my first car/truck a 1980 el camino and have started a restomod on it. It is sitting kind of low and I need to know if just throwing some shocks and springs under it will lift it? Im looking to get about 2.5 to 3 inches taller. Any info would be appreciated! :dontknow:

Hello Everyone, Well I just purchased a complete front end kit for my 67 el camino. I took all the tie rods out of the packages and walked away, when I came back I forgot which ones where the inner and which ones where the outer. How can I figure out which ones are which. Any help is...