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Tri-5 Chevy Front Suspension Rebuild & Brake Upgrade
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Complete Tri-5 Chevy Front Suspension Rebuild & Brake Upgrade for $550

November 20, 2020 Mad Scientist Garage
Dan shows us his best solutions for rebuilding the front suspension at home as well as replacing and upgrading to front disc brakes. [More…]
Suspension Design ~ Scrub Radius Explained
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Suspension Design ~ Scrub Radius Explained

September 3, 2020 Roadkill Customs
Scrub radius affects how the tire contact patch interacts with the road during cornering, braking, and acceleration, and can cause unique toe characteristics depending on the design. [More…]
Air Ride Height
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Air Baggin’ ~ Should You Setup at Ride Height or Half-Travel?

July 2, 2020 Roadkill Customs
Should you set your air bagged suspension up at ride height or at half-travel? Here’s why we prefer the half-travel method. [More…]
How To Properly Set Up A Panhard Bar
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How To Properly Set Up A Panhard Bar

July 2, 2020 Roadkill Customs
The panhard bar is such a wonderfully simple design that gets a bad rap from a long history of poor implementation. Here’s how to set one up properly. [More…]
Soft vs Stiff Springs
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Soft vs Stiff Springs ~ What’s The Best Suspension?

July 1, 2020 Roadkill Customs
The purpose of a suspension system is to keep your tires on the ground, so is it better to have soft coil springs or stiff springs? [More…]
Corvette IRS in a C10 ~ Scott's '67 C10 with DECAlink Suspension
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How To Put Corvette IRS in a Chevy C10 with DECAlink™ Suspension

June 5, 2020 Roadkill Customs
Scott’s 1967 Chevy C10 has a Corvette IRS setup made possible with Detroit Speed’s DECAlink™ suspension system. Here’s how to DIY. [More…]
Watts Link Geometry
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Watts-Link Geometry Explained

June 2, 2020 Roadkill Customs
The advantage of the Watts Link design is that it can keep the axle centered throughout the entire travel range of the suspension. Here’s how it works. [More…]
1970-81 Firebird and Camaro Suspension
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DIY 1970-81 Firebird and Camaro Suspension Rebuild

April 26, 2020 Mad Scientist Garage
Jon at Mad Scientist Garage demonstrates a complete rebuild of this ’75 Firebird suspension using simple hand tools in a single weekend. [More…]
Ford F100 truck with Crown Vic front-end swap
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Ford F100 / Crown Vic Front-End Swap Pros and Cons

April 23, 2020 Roadkill Customs
Jeff Ford looks at the reasons to do and not to do a Crown Victoria front-end swap in a F100 truck. [More…]
Custom Four-Link Suspension
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The Fabrication Series: Custom Four-Link Suspension

August 26, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Justin breaks down custom four-link Suspension as he builds a set of extreme duty four-links for a ’61 Cadillac. [More…]
Steve Darnell
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WelderUp’s Steve Darnell on Building Rat Rod Suspension

August 16, 2019 Roadkill Customs
Building Rat Rod Suspension – Steve Darnell of WelderUp shows you all the steps needed to make your own set of Rat Rod Torsion Shocks. [More…]

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