Builds and Examples
1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville Gets Body Drop and Hydraulics
Karl Fisher works the 1960 Cadillac Coupe de Ville with plans to drop the car 2 1/2 inches so it lays rockers with hydraulic suspension. [More…]
Suspension
How To & DIY
Dirt Cheap, Simple Upgrade For All Leaf Spring Cars And Trucks
This upgrade is an effective, universal solution that may prevent you from having to add parts or scrap the entire suspension all together. [More…]
Technical Info
Will Lowering Your Car Automatically Make It Handle Better?
Body roll, center of gravity, and how suspension components like sway bars, coil-over shocks, and control arms help improve handling. [More…]
How To & DIY
Complete Tri-5 Chevy Front Suspension Rebuild & Brake Upgrade for $550
Dan shows us his best solutions for rebuilding the front suspension at home as well as replacing and upgrading to front disc brakes. [More…]
Technical Info
Suspension Design ~ Scrub Radius Explained
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…]
Technical Info
Air Baggin’ ~ Should You Setup at Ride Height or Half-Travel?
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 & DIY
How To Properly Set Up A Panhard Bar
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…]
Technical Info
Soft vs Stiff Springs ~ What’s The Best Suspension?
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…]
How To & DIY
How To Put Corvette IRS in a Chevy C10 with DECAlink™ Suspension
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…]
Technical Info
Watts-Link Geometry Explained
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…]