[General]: Lowering an AS Body minivan (2nd gen)
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Lowering an AS Body minivan (2nd gen)
Early this year I took my van from a lifted/off road toy to a lowered street toy.
I removed all the lift parts, which left me with a "stock" van (I say "stock" because it's still packing a 99 3.8L mated to a built 4-speed under the hood):
This of course wasn't cutting it.
So I grabbed some Daytona Struts, cut 2 coils out of the Daytona Springs, and put those up front.
In the rear I made custom shackles and removed a leaf.
This is the result of that:
These are the custom shackles I designed and made for the rear:
The ride is far better than it was lifted, the handling feels more confident, and it still carries the 5 of us without an issue.
Well, now I'm deciding it needs to be lower yet.
The rear I'm thinking on making custom mounts for the spindles to lower that more without losing suspension ability, so I think I have a plan there.
The front is where I'm at a loss. I would like to get another 2"ish of drop out of it, but I'm not sure where to start.
Who has some insight on lowering the front further?
Also, who was it that made the lowering plates for his minivan for the rear?
I tried scouring for info, but I'm not able to find anything solid on anything, so I figured I'd ask again.
I removed all the lift parts, which left me with a "stock" van (I say "stock" because it's still packing a 99 3.8L mated to a built 4-speed under the hood):
This of course wasn't cutting it.
So I grabbed some Daytona Struts, cut 2 coils out of the Daytona Springs, and put those up front.
In the rear I made custom shackles and removed a leaf.
This is the result of that:
These are the custom shackles I designed and made for the rear:
The ride is far better than it was lifted, the handling feels more confident, and it still carries the 5 of us without an issue.
Well, now I'm deciding it needs to be lower yet.
The rear I'm thinking on making custom mounts for the spindles to lower that more without losing suspension ability, so I think I have a plan there.
The front is where I'm at a loss. I would like to get another 2"ish of drop out of it, but I'm not sure where to start.
Who has some insight on lowering the front further?
Also, who was it that made the lowering plates for his minivan for the rear?
I tried scouring for info, but I'm not able to find anything solid on anything, so I figured I'd ask again.