When I lower my car, getting an adjustable panhard rod will help to re-center my rearend-correct? Do I also need adjustable lower control arms? How does all this work? I can see how the adjustable control arms would help recenter, but how does the panhard rod help? Am I looking at this all in the wrong way? Any info is appreciated.....an explanation would be great

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92 Z-28
305 -5speed
160 thermo.
K&N Air Filters
B&M Ripper
14.7 @ 96mph (stock run)

 

On the panhard rod, you'll want an adjustable one to recenter the rear, as you said. The panhard goes from the rearend to the body. When you lower the car you drop the body but not the rearend. So it's angle/arc changes and it moves the rear to one side. It actually moves a significant amount, about 1/2 inch. With an adjustable panhard you can shorten it to make up for the change in it's angle. This pulls the rear back to the center. It's the same concept with the LCAs. They go body to rearend. That moves the rear foreward, I suppose, but I really didn't think that was a problem. The real problem is that they are no longer parallel to the ground and you lose traction because of this. In this case you would want to get LCA relocation brackets to remedy the situation. They mount the LCAs lower on the rearend so they're even with the mounting point on the body. Doing this will move the rearend back again to it's original spot. Hope this makes sense.

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