CUTLASS Southside Machine Tall Ball Joints

[UC645]

Not picking up what your putting down about being stuck with stock height ball joints.
And yes.. driving the Cutlass already with hydraulics and all the extra weight in the trunk makes for some driving excitement already. Adding even more changes to the front end is always a risk/reward process with hydros....so appreciate the insight for sure and will look out.

The flat 1” tall ball joint spacers will move the UBJ down 1”, and in turn raise the upper control that same amount. It’s just a different way of adding faux spindle height, but if you add on a .5” or 1” taller ball joint, you raise the upper control arm that much too.

A 2” height increase at stock ride height will be extremely close to the upper control arm mounting center, and will cause radical camber changes when the suspension cycles.

My previous setup with 1” taller units caused close to 4 degrees of negative camber gain in 1” of travel because my UBJ was above the control arm center height.

Short answer: you risk being above the center of the upper control arms arc of travel, causing radical camber changes in a short distance with the flat 1” spacers and taller upper ball joints.

 

[64nailhead]

Never new these existed. Very intresting!

Billet Ball Joint Spacers / Angle Shims (Pair)

These Made in USA billet 6061 aluminum spacers will give you extra space between the frame and control arm, but it's main purpose is to change the angle of the ball joint to allow more articulation, thus allowing more downward travel of your front suspension. This shim can be used with any K5208...

nickkybobbyinc.com

Will be sharing with the fellow lowrider community for sure.

The spacers offered by Nicky Bobby are really a necessity if you want extended travel down with a ‘stock style’ upper arm, unless you have a custom built upper to correct the geometry.

I installed the Allstars that are linked above and I ruined them in less than a season. It was no fault of the BJ, but rather a geometry problem that had the BJ maxed out on side travel. Mentioning this so that anyone that uses taller upper BJ with stock style uppers has some type of travel limiter installed that stops down travel before the BJ gets side loaded.

The spacers from Bobby are definitely needed for a stock style arm if you want to max out extension of the front end. I did away them and went to a stock length upper BJ, for a drag application, for two reasons. 1st, I don’t need extended travel for my setup (I tie down the front end to load the rear tire), and 2nd, the extended length BJ made my front end travel limiter bend the bolts due to the geometry of my tie down setup.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

For a street driven car you need maximum travel.