Don shocks are designed to be upright, The reason a lot of cars seem to handle fairly well is that usually the springs are too stiff, Its all a comprimise really as ideally the springs and shocks should be matched, something difficult to do with whats available. That setup will undoubtably be ok but the tube shocks available really are not very good unless you buy the rather spendy Bilsteins, These will make a vast difference over the P&J tube shocks



Quote Originally Posted by Itoldyouso View Post
I don't know, Steve, sometimes they work TOO well in more of an upright position. One member on another forum posted that his hot rod rode like a truck, too firm. When I looked at his pictures everything looked very well done, good components and installed correctly. Then I noticed he had put the lower shock mounts on the wrong sides, and it was moving his shocks in at the bottom, making them more upright. I posted the picture of my front end and how they were intended to be mounted, and he changed them.

I have had people comment that mine are laid over too far, but they have been on there for over 20 years and the car has literally thousands of miles on it and handles like a sportscar. I also feel the shocks in this position give a little more lateral control, sort of acting as antisway bars. So, I guess there is more than one opinion on this subject.

Don