Lowering my Monte

[Wally]

I want to make my 86 Monte look like an '80s cup car. I've seen some done but noone gets them low enough. in a perfect world I'd find a used cup car and put my sheet metal on it but I haven't found any I can afford in my area. Does anyone have any ideas what to do?

[383S-10]

When it comes tio the lowering of the G body I like to refer to 3 sights............

montecarloss.com
gbodyforum.com
turbobuick.com

http://gbodyforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=37511

these sights set the stances right and have various to do it....I recently dropped the front of my Regal with the help of Jake(BBO Javelin) and Orlando....we broke down the front end and cut the springs one whole coil replaced shocks and sway bar hardware.........

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[Wally]

Thanks, I'm trying to see how low I can get it. I'd like to cut and flare the fenders like these,

[boxer3main]

86 regular monte...

a guru may guide you to the strong arms that extend rear end back a bit.
lowering is easy.

[Schtauffer]

I think you're looking at floor pan and frame mods. The frame is lower than the rockers and the bump stops hit pretty early, especially in the front. I had my Monte sitting pretty low for a while and it hit the stops a lot. It was still several inches higher than the car in the picture. Hoping you can pull this off, it would look badass!

[Chad's Dad]

Talk to Brett @ Ride Tech

[BangShiftChad]

What he said. Or, do your research. Nobody should ever have to cut coils on a Gbody if they are only lowering it a couple inches. Sorry, but spindles are the same as S10 so they are dirt cheap and available as a 2 inch drop.

I could lower this thing till the frame sat on the ground in less than a weekend with 99% bolt on parts. It's not a big deal. Hell, I could do it in that time with factory arms even, although it won't be as good.

Look around, the parts are cheap.

[TC]

I've been throwing the idea around about lowering my Monte, but since I want it to be more of a drag car than corner carver, I don't know if there would be an advantage to lowering the car for straight line acceleration..... Any thought??.......