[1970 CST Short Wide]

Originally Posted by SkidmoreGarage

This thread has quite a bit of attention so I wanted to offer a warning for other QA1 owners.

I recently drove over some rough road (steep downhill with undulating surface) and I had a surprise when the lower control arm hit the road. Needless to say it upset the truck in the middle of a corner and it was violent enough for my passenger to comment. The damage is cosmetic, but did expose that the lowest point of the suspension is the shock itself. It took a chunk out of the eyelet and scraped the mounting bars/bracket.

My takeaway is that you really need to run a taller tire than I have (27"), and be very aware of the road. If I had been driving more spiritedly, I could have lost control of the truck.

Is your Truck Lowered?? I did mention this a few posts back. I said it was the only thing I didn’t like. If your running 2 1/2 drop spindles you will definitely run into this problem. I’m going from a 27” tire to a 28 1/2 “ tire and if need be will go back to Stock spindles. If you have the dual adjustable shocks you can adjust the compression which should help. I have the single adjustable and went to #8 (it goes to 16) and that help some but it did stiffen the ride some