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: QA 1 front shocks


DAVE0765
Mar 7th, 08, 9:36 AM
The 68 I bought has these shocks on it. They are adjustable coil over and the last owner had set them as low as they would go. The car sits nice this way but I would like to get it up a little more. Anyone ever played around with these? Dave

Chevy fan attic
Mar 7th, 08, 10:45 AM
The 68 I bought has these shocks on it. They are adjustable coil over and the last owner had set them as low as they would go. The car sits nice this way but I would like to get it up a little more. Anyone ever played around with these? Dave

Crank em up Dave and let us know what happens.:thumbsup:

BobB66SS
Mar 7th, 08, 12:19 PM
I have them on my car, they work great. Cranking them up (or down) can be a bit of a PITA depending on how much room you have to get the spanner wrench in there, on mine I can't get more than 1/8 of a turn due to interference with other components. I've also got a pretty high rate spring on which makes the crank up effort even more fun.

509Merlin
Mar 9th, 08, 3:06 AM
I have em too and they are great but a pain to adjust, jack the car up and get the wieght off the control arm it helps some but it takes a lot of wrenching to make much difference like BobB66SS says their aint enough room to turn the nut more than about 1/8 turn.

covertolds
Mar 9th, 08, 9:17 AM
I have the single adjustable QA1 coilovers and really like them. Setting ride height is a pain though.

forcd ind
Mar 9th, 08, 9:36 AM
i had them, had to bend up a wrench to fit in there, for some reason one side needed about 1" more to sit even-i wasnt super impressed with the setup, but did make it easy to adjust. the height-make sure you re alighn the front end