Leaf springs and coilovers ?

coronet68mx · Jun 18, 2021

Like many of you i get this "news" in my phone from auto evolution, some of them interesting some not but what cought my attention was this 69 coronet r/t with this setup vin the rear suspension, can you explain why the double system? as far as I know the shocker bar is not that strong in a b body.

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https://www.autoevolution.com/news/...e-factory-f8-green-also-some-rust-163433.html

MIKESPOLARA · Jun 18, 2021

They're just "overload" shocks

66Satellite47 · Jun 18, 2021

They were used for cars with lots of weight in the trunk, sagging leafs or more likely tire clearance.

Fran Blacker · Jun 18, 2021

Had a beater with those noisy as hell.

65wgn440 · Jun 18, 2021

I run them on one of my cars. Little extra tire clearance.

Curiousyellow71 · Jun 18, 2021

They aren't a true coil over like your thinking. The springs are weany. They are a add on back from the JCwhitney days to help boost the car up bit. We ran some on a 318 satellite to give us a few inches more tire clearance. Still on there actually.

MoparLeo · Jun 18, 2021

Since the upper shock mount was not designed to support the car only attach a normal shock absorber, upper mount damage was eventually likely.
These and air-shocks were the rage in the 60-70's . Quick fix for the oversized tires on reversed offset rims so popular then.
Proper way is to replace the leaf springs. You can get them in different spring rates and ride heights.
Not really expensive.

Jerry Hall · Jun 18, 2021

I use them on a couple of my cars, it gives me back the 1" without replacing the springs, that cars have lost over the years. Checking before installation, I don't think I'm adding more than 20-25 lbs of pressure to the upper shock mounts. I ran air shocks in the day for tire clearance with much higher loads on the rear shocks mounts and have never had a failure.

multimopes · Jun 18, 2021

There is a set on my car,which was a race only car before I bought it. The ones on my car are adjustable.

turbine68rt · Jun 18, 2021

Just installed a set of monroe load leveler shocks. Gave me an extra 1.5" at the bumper.

fine69 · May 28, 2022

I’ll tack on to this thread as it’s related:
I broke a shock the other day towards the end of a family cruise in my 69 Charger. My exhaust rattles a bit against the gas tank a bit sometimes but this sounded really shitty. Had a peak underneath a beheld a broken shock absorber. Anywho, ordered a set of plain Jane Munroes to replace the coil over ones and found the top eyelet is smaller than the bottom one. The hardware I already have and the mount holes under the car are 5/8” inside diameter and the top eyelet of these Munroe shocks are slightly smaller. They are supposed to fit big block mopars, so what gives? Has my car been modified? Were the bushings changed? Should I just order a set of the coily doily ones that were already on it?
Thanks!

Leaf springs and coilovers ?

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