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Shocks are common enough to find one at a local parts store. Take your old one in and start searching through their inventory. You'll eventually find one but who knows what vehicle it came off of. May want to be sure it didn't come off of a Kia or something stupid like that. May find something like that that can handle the heavy front end from an old Camero or perhaps an El Camino. Other than that, you can look for various "coil overs" that'll work with the desired spring height you want with a bit more stability in the front end. Remember the shocks will be smaller with the coilovers vs. the stock shock.
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With lowering beams, only the relative position changes between the spindle and the beams - not the relative position of the beam and radius arm to the frame.
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I'm guessing you know the camber adjustment is off now cutting the coils like that ? You may have to find a good alignment shop that knows how to bend the axles to get it back in alignment now.
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IMO, doing it that way creates more issues than it is worth... I guess yer gonna learn that now.
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Not to throw gas on this fire but...I wouldn't be too quick getting all scared about cutting the coils. It really depends on how much was cut out. I've never done it myself but I have heard that as long as you don't lose more than 2 inches of ride height you'll be fine; ei still properly alignable. I have ridden in a dent with between 1-2 coils cut, like just barely two inches. Shave a little off the bumpstop and go. Of the 4 or 5 i beam fords I've had- all stock suspension- none of them had exactly the same ride height. I actually have slight positive camber on mine - 302 motor on big block coils- and if it weren't for the acres of daylight in my wheelwells I would never know. I'd be tempted to throw on a JY shock just to get it back together and check your ride after that. Search this and other forums. I know i've seen some threads on coilovers and stuff somewhere...
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just to let every one kknow i cut the springs about 4 in. and have no problems other than one shock is broke which causes it to bounce on one side when the road is rough.other than that it rides fine.
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