Ride height and HD or Standard springs?

68 AMX Revival wrote: Sonic Silver wrote: 68 AMX Revival wrote: I decided to stick with the HD front and rear springs from American Parts Depot.  I talk to their tech, Doug, who owns a 69 AMX, and he convinced me that these spring will work well.  They are the exact spring used in the Go Pac option.  I know the front may sit higher than I prefer, but the only option to lower it is to do custom springs, which I’m not ready to do.  I’m going to install the rears first, and leave my original front springs in, and see what it looks like.  I can raise the front of the body up with my floor jack, and simulate the HD springs, I guess. John Doug is the owner. Oops!  My bad. I’m going to fix my post, so I look like a little less of a dumbass!  He’s a great guy to talk with, for sure.  John

You may get some blowback on that too. Not everyone likes him. I get along fine with him, but there are those who don't.

BU1 wrote: 68 AMX Revival wrote:  Is it possible to change the upper and lower bushings without removing the spring (rookie question, I know). John  Lowers, yes. Uppers, no. Be aware you need to save the cupped washers from the old upper bushings. They get re used on the new bushings. If you get it apart and want to replace the trunnion bushings, be aware there is alot of old information concerning them here on the forum that is not correct and accurate. Ask questions when you get that far and you will get good answers and info.

For what it's worth, I have a bunch of factory coils both LD and HD from the factory numbers stamped into them and the original tags. As far as factory coils went, the HD pieces are shorter with a fatter wire to maintain the same ride height

I bought my front springs off RockAuto. They’re some Swedish brand (Lesjofords) and they sit like 3” too high. I feel like the suppliers got the wrong info for the spring specs and everyone kinda just went with it. 

I bought a copy of this AM blueprint a couple of years ago. The dimensions are in metric and show the rocker is basically level (within .2 mm). Notice how the wheel opening in the front fender is taller than the opening in the quarter panel. To me, having the top of the tire showing in front, but hidden in the rear is what gives the AMX the ‘nose up’ appearance, even if the rocker panel is parallel with the ground. Or alternately, like its squatting in the rear a bit.

Edited by mbwicz - Sep/12/2022 at 6:42am