You where writing to Joel Heckman. but the quote preceeds him;
>  -> I would but I've got a coil spring rear end.  I was planning on
> going
>  -> with a pair of air shocks to raise it up high enough to clear a set
>  -> of tires and raise the back end all at the same time.  I do not plan
>  -> on "tubbing" this thing.
I would advise against air shocks. They put a lot of strain on your shock
mounts.  Rather than most of the load being carried by the spring mounting
pads, when you decide to level (such as a load sagging the rear), or jack up
the car, all the strain is going to be concentrated on that tiny shock
mount. Eventually it will punch or tear through.
Others may disagree with this on the claims of using air shocks, but its a
very real possibility.
> I didn't think ladder bars would do anything with the way the trailing
> arms were set up.
For a street car, consider (poly)urethane bushings to take up any slop at
the various mounting points. That will help with a good amount of axle
rotation.   If your after maximum tire
planting capability, then you might want to explore the world of altered
length trailing arms (the coil sprung cars version of ladder bars if you
will). Of course, that entails reworking the entire rear half of the car.
Alex.
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