Questions about Heidts
 

Hey guys,
Just thought I would make a thread for anyone that has any questions about our products. So ask them here and I will get you an answer as soon as possible.

One question I had relates to the spindle used on your second gen project Camaro. It appears from the magazines I have read that on that car you used your Pro G Tall 2" dropped spindle. Is that because the dropped spindle is the spindle that your subframe was designed to use or because Heidt's recommends using a dropped spindle on a second gen Camaro/Firebird even when the stock subframe is used? [I notice on your website that you do not advertise the dropped spindle (#SP-110) for the second gen.] Thanks.

Here's another question. I bought your 1" narrowed lower arms but haven't gotten around to setting up a front sway bar yet. Do the narrowed arms use a standard anti-roll bar or do I need to do a custom one?

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First off congratulations on your good showing in the suspension challenge.

Secondly I have always been curious about heidts for one major reason they publish some data regarding their systems performance.

So question 1. Where is the best place to find test results for your suspension systems. Gen 1 camaro is what I need.

Question 2. Their has been a lot of concern about 4 links and Binding how or why is your 4 link different.

Question 3 what size tire can be used with your suspension system on a gen 1 camaro.

Question 4. can you get better shock options.

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Thanks for being so open. Soliciting questions is a great testament to you company.

I have been interested in your products for some time. mainly because of cost difference compared to others.

I would like to how big of a tire can you go with the 4 link on a 2nd gen?

This sucks .. thought we would get some responses form the OP...

It was over a weekend, I'd give it time, I'm sure they will answer.

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Thanks for nothing...

1955 Chevy 2" Drop Spindle Question
 

I have a disk brake kit I bought from dfb brakes. It comes with 11" rotors and standard calipers.

https://dfbrakes.com/proddetail.asp?...ir%2D4%2Dwheel

Would your 2" drop spindles work with this kit?

thanks,

i see you have subframe connectors for a 65 falcon, why does it say it will only work with your 4link rear suspension?

Why would a company come on here and start a thread for people to ask questions and then never reply back to anyone? To me that just does not look good, unless the person has sent PMs to everyone but I would also like to see the responses as well.

thanks for the response :thumbsup: now I need to keep searching for a damn dropped spindle :wow:

i just posted today, but no pm for me

X2 No PM's for me and it's a very Bad impression to make in my opinion

I just sent them a PM. Maybe they didn't subscribe to it and simply forgot to check it? I'd rather give them the benefit of the doubt before saying anything harsh. They have great products and anyone who has used them also knows they have good customer service too.
Let's see what happens.

We're all human and I noticed that he is not very active around here. Not a very smart business move IMO. Lot's and lot's of money to be made around here.

I posted the first question on 3/27/09 and have never received a response, pm or otherwise.

I am sure they are very busy and this internet thing seems to be new to them. You may have to try calling them. :thumbsup:

I am just trying to get peoples questions answered...

I am sure they are very busy with the multitude of questions... Let me tell you what happened with a drop spindle install on a stock sub frame, stock a arm 69 camaro. My buddy has orange 69 rs/ss Camaro. He decided to put the tall 2 inch drop spindles on his car. He was paying me to put on the disk brakes on the car so he asked if I would put on the spindles why I was at it. I have to say they are really well made parts very thick and heavy and the machining is very good. My buddy paid to have them powder coated and gave them to me. I installed them no problem everything fit great. We put the car on the ground and had to adjust the QA1 coil over kit all the way up to get it to sit rite. Everything was cool until he went to get it aligned. The shop could not get enough camber in the car. Then they could only get .5 degree of caster on the passenger side because there were at least one inch of shims in the cross shafts. They ran out of adjustment on the passenger side because he is running Hooker Super Comp inch and 5/8 headers and they go rite where the a frame bolts towards the back of the car. I called Heights and the guy the phone said that he should have purchased there upper control arms because they make up the shortfall in the lack of caster. Long story short he was so pissed we went back to the stock stuff and sent the spindles back.

Okay so here is the catch 22 in the story.

Anothe member on either Lat-G or Pro-Touring was building a first gen camaro. From memory he bought some stuff from DSE but he tried to combine it with another manufactures stuff. The problem was the car sat to high. In the end he didn't research everything fully. So my question is it the manufactures fault or the owners fault for not doing his homework.

Trust me I've bough plenty of stuff for my truck that didn't work with the other stuff.

re: Air Rides Upper & Lower Control arms with a Hotchkis sway bar. In the end it all worked out the Air Rides Front suspension is on my truck and the sway bar is in Sweeden on a freinds truck and yet there's more. Once I talked with the Guy's at Air Ride they explained to me the sway bar from Bell Tech is the one that I needed.

This taught me a valuable lesson early on in my project. Make sure you do all of your homework and it will save you ton's of time and money in the end.

So not the Vendors fault in my Opinion. :thumbsup:

PM's have been shot out........this one got away from me here. Sorry guys, I will not bore you with excuses, just simply #$&%!! up. LOL Still acouple to answer here. I will stay more on top of this.

awesome, thanks

perfect, that is the way to handle things. :thumbsup: As an FYI, there is an option with any post to have an e-mail notification sent any time someone else replies. On a thread like this it may be a benefit. Just scroll down to thread subscription/notification type and pick "instant e-mail notification".

Jody

Just to follow-up, I did receive a pm today from Heidts#14 responding to my question. Thanks.

If you noticed in my post I was not assigning blame to anyone and I do not say that the parts were bad at all. In fact I said quite the opposite. The reason for the post is to let people know that are running stock suspension and only choose to run the drop spindles that they might run into an issue with the alignment with there car. There is not mix matching suspension parts in this buildup stock arms stock sway bar the coilovers were the conical spring type and after adjustment the car was not really that low. I think the reason my buddy was pissed was because he did not know that he needed to buy the upper arms to and after paying me to put the stuff in there was obviously going to be an additional cost in purchasing the arms and labor to put them in.
. I did not know that they had any improved or corrected suspension geometry built into there arms. Is there improved suspension geometry built into there arms?? (first generation camaro)
I still stand by what I said that there stuff is really well made and I will tell anyone who asks. I also agree it is very cool to come on here and open the forum for questions about there products. :thumbsup:

Glad you came around, If you posted your answers in this thread everyone would benefit and when people search they would be able to find see them.

absolutely....I will be working on that. For the guys looking for drop spindles for the stock subframe on a second gen camaro....we do not offer any as of yet. We designed our subframe to use our Pro-G spindles.