I can't believe i've spent so much time trying to find spindles for a 82-92 trans am so I am posting this in complete frustration.......I read that they were discotinued? what a jip. Anyways I want to lower my car bout 2 in in the front so i am putting in a new k-member from Spohn along with there coil-over conversion and would like new spindles. So question #1 is WHERE can I find them. Question 2 is will I need 2" drop spindles to achieve my goal. Spohn says the coil overs are adjustable by 2". Also If they are out there I'd like the spindles to be beefy since this car will go over 150mph. Some insight would be much appreaciated :-)

 

The bone yards are full of them. Try the classifieds or ebmiller88, the resident brake guru.

JamesC

 

He's looking for 2" dropped spindles, not regular spindles. AJE Racing is the only company that makes them.

 

My bad.

JamesC

 

Sorry super_kev, but all I see is struts FOR a 2" drop spindle....no spindles themselves and the struts are $1000 OMG. Guess Im gonna have to go part huntin at a yard.....Anyone know if certain years have thick spindles or are they all the same 82-92.

 

The 2" Drop Spindle Struts 3rd Generation is a 2" dropped spindle and strut combination (1 piece unit if I remember correctly). You want the spindles that can be used with any strut. Search for "AJE dropped spindles" and read the last few pages of the GP thread. AJE Racing makes them for around $400, regardless of what their outdated website says.

 

I called AJE a few weeks ago. They are $459.

 

Just out of curiosity, some people lower their car by chopping springs, or using lowering springs.

But the route of dropped spindles. Do you need lowering springs, or normal springs? At what point of amount of lowering, do you need different spindles, or why do you need the drop spindles?

Is it possible to modify stock spindles for this purpose?

 

1) Normal springs, unless you want something lower than 2", then used dropped spindles and lowering springs.

2) I don't know... anything more than a 1" drop? Dropped spindles are used to keep correct front suspension geometry. Lowering springs not only mess up your alignment, but also give you less strut travel.

3) No.

 

i dont know WHERE to get 2" drop spindles....

..but i do have a pair ....

however they are currently on my car... about 6 years ago, i saw an ebay auction for them, (2 2" drop spinidles, and 2 1.25" lowering rear springs) for $110, so i jsut bought em.. turned out that tehy were the correct peices, and jsut this pasy april, i had Ebmiller88 build a set of C4 HD brakes onto them..

like i said, i do not know where to buy them, but everythign i have ever heard about them is : tehy are very rare, they havent been made in many years, hence they are very rare, there is an idea on this board someplace about getting a group purchase from Belltech or someplace to make them... look into that.. and look around on ebay, racing website's calssified ads, etc.. so many people want these, so they are hard to get, as well as almost impossible to find

-drop spindles dont require you to change any springs, struts, or suspension at all. they are designed purposely to drop the front end, withought complicating the front ends geometry...

very simply, the hub pin(incorrect term, but i dont know it now) that the hub and rim mounts to, is moved UP two inches on hte spindles design/casting... by raising this hub, you are raising the wheel up into the fender..... and therefore the front of the car is lowered 2", becasue the tire is tucked up higher...

if you can find them, great. otehrwise i'd recomend lowering springs, or cutting (to a small extent) your current springs... good luck

 

It's amazing that people post without bothering to read the thread. If you had read just a few posts up, you would see that AJE Racing makes them.

 

yeah I found that site shortly after I posted my last. Thanks you...seems thats the only place left on earth to get 'em but $459 !!!! seems kinda crazy unless there beefy as hell or something....A friend was telling me that an S-10 spindle will fit and that they are burly....was wondering if anyone heard anything like that??

 

I think the main advantage is the geometry effects like IROCZman15 said. The ride height is lowered but the angle of the A-arm dosn't change like it does when you use lowering springs. There is also more possible suspension travel at the lower height (which includes both a-arm travel before hitting bumpstops and also strut travel).