Thread: Drop spindles alignment

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Giving the guy the benefit of the doubt, it could be that he's seen one too many botched jobs and has become overly cautious. Probably prudent on his part to not make a commitment until he sees what he's dealing with.

Assuming you're using good quality spindles, and your existing control arms and associated hardware, as well as the frame itself, are in good condition it shouldn't make a difference. Toe will still be adjustable by the tie rod ends, and camber/caster by adjusting the control arm mounting points. If you didn't drop the rear it could be an issue of running out of adjustment range.

Sometimes hunting for people to do this kind of work on a modified vehicle requires an attitude check on them. As an example, I recently needed to have some tube type WW tires mounted on freshly painted wheels for my '33. I went through half a dozen tire shops who all had the attitude that they wouldn't do the job because they were afraid they would pinch the tube, or chip the paint, or some other potential " catastrophe". I ended up with a guy who said he'd try his best not to do any damage, explained to me how he'd protect the wheel and tube, but said he wouldn't guarantee that the paint wouldn't chip (he'd had experience with that issue before). Finally I'd found a guy who was willing to approach the job with a positive attitude instead of a negative one. That was all I wanted. He did a great job, and no damage. (I'm sure it helped that I'd used catalized paint that I heat cured too)