lowering the front end of a 1969 charger

[Classic69]

I want to know how to lower the front of the car and and what brand of coils to use. Some people have said just to adjust the t-bars

[garner7555]

The charger don't have coil springs, they have torsion bars instead.  You can adjust ride height on the torsion bars to a certain degree but if you want to drop a lot you will need to buy lowering spindles or lowering torsion bars.  I put PST 1.03 torsion bars on my car and these lower the front pretty substantially   

[Lennard]

Don't forget to re align your car after lowering it.

[Classic69]

Thanks a lot g.uys!

[WHITE AND RED 69]

Make sure you lift the car up before you mess with the adjuster bolts. You'll strip the bolts if the weight of the car is on the ground.

[Dino]

Lowering torsion bars?  How does that work?   

[garner7555]

Lowering torsion bars?  How does that work?   

Each torsion bar has a adjuster located in the lower control arm. Loosen the bolt to lower the car, tighten the bolt to raise the car. Sometimes the bolts need to be adjusted slightly different from side to side to get the car to sit level from left to right.   Maybe that makes sense. 

[Dino]

I thought you were talking about special torsion bars here instead of using the bars to lower the car.  I must've been tired.   

[garner7555]

Some aftermarket torsion bars do lower the car.  The 1.03 PST bars I used lower the car quite a bit.  they are clocked slightly on the end to give you a lower stance.   

[Dino]

Ah that's good to know!   

[myk]

Make sure you lift the car up before you mess with the adjuster bolts. You'll strip the bolts if the weight of the car is on the ground.

OOPS

[Kern Dog]

 I always spray mine with a WD40 type lubricant so the bolts are not under such tension. I usually have them set too tight and the car sits too high, then I have to back off the adjuster screw/bolt to get the height where I like it.

[birdsandbees]

I've cranked mine up and down many times over the years and have never lifted the wheel off the ground to do so. Adjusters still turn as smooth as silk after 46 years, as I just backed them right off to pull my torsion bars.

[Highbanked Hauler]

Don't forget to re align your car after lowering it.

    I have put in 2 in. drop spindles and tubular upper control arms in mine and have a HUGE negative camber issue which I am going to solve. There is a long thread on front end alignment  in this section that you should read before starting your project.

[Highbanked Hauler]

Make sure you lift the car up before you mess with the adjuster bolts. You'll strip the bolts if the weight of the car is on the ground.

   Definitely, rusted threads can drop you,it happened to me.