Question on 2 inch drop spindles

burdar said

Exactly. That's basically what I was saying but I didn't type it all out as good as you did. I think 5" backspacing is what I'll end up with. How wide a wheel I'll be able to fit is the big concern. Also a 7" wide wheel with 5" backspacing might look pretty goofy. If I don't use the drop spindle though, the UBJ will be at such a sharp angle, I wouldn't be comfortable driving the car. Only time will tell. I need to stop worrying about it and actually measure everything and find out one way or the other.

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I run a ~1 7/8” drop from the factory specs without the drop spindles, the ball joint angle isn’t a problem. It’s 1 7/8” because that puts the LCA parallel to the ground at ride height, factory spec is 1 7/8” for the “a-b” measurement using the factory procedure. The bump steer, roll center and camber curves are better lowered with stock spindles than with the drop spindles.

The only reason to run drop spindles IMO is if you’re going to run small diameter torsion bars. With 1.03” bars or better the drop spindles are more of a hindrance than a help. Which I why I got rid of mine.