This video was created by Steve Meade from SteveMeadeDesigns.com and posted on his YouTube channel. He details the installation of his Spohn Performance 2000-2006 GM SUV adjustable panhard bar on his air bag equipped 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe.

From Steve Meade…..

If you have ever lowered or bagged a Chevy Tahoe or Cadillac Escalade, you know they come down on an angle that makes the entire rear end shift to the left. This causes the wheel on the rear passenger side to stick out past the fender and very slightly touch it, while the driver side tucks inside the fender and has room to spare. This is caused by the factory panhard bar. The solution was to install an adjustable one. The video is self explanatory from there! Lets just say, it works and FINALLY my SUV drops straight down and has even “tuckage” on both sides now. I got it at http://www.spohn.net. Visit my website to see this Tahoe built from the ground up as well as TONS of other vehicles at http://www.SteveMeadeDesigns.com/board.

A common question we get asked is if the roll bars and roll cages we sell for the 1982-1992 GM F-Body Camaro and Firebird will work in a convertible car. The answer is yes, as long as you’re not a person who expects things to just “fall in place”.

Larry Basegio from Aptos California sent us the pictures shown below that detail his installation of one of our 8 point roll bars in to his Thirdgen Camaro convertible. Larry called a few times for some tips and advice (which we gladly provided!) as his installation progressed. As you can see, the only “mods” required for a convertible roll cage installation are some shaping of some of the floor plates to fit around the convertible’s factory reinforcing, and shortening the two rear down bars to mount to the convertible’s rear deck face.

I also want to note that Larry is not a professional fabricator (he’s actually a scientist!) and did all of this by himself in a two car garage. Great work Larry, and thanks for sharing the pictures of your installation!

Note: The same applies for installing a roll bar or roll cage in to a 1993-2002 GM F-Body Camaro and Firebird convertible car as well.

Check out the full selection of roll bars and roll cages for the 1982-1992 F-Body Camaro and Firebird and for the 1993-2002 F-Body Camaro and Firebird on our website. We also carry roll bars and roll cages for a variety of other vehicles, check out our online catalog to see what we offer for your vehicle.

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Did you know that Spohn Performance builds custom adjustable torque arms? Well we sure do and we thought we’d share some pictures that Edward Lizotte from Lakeland Florida sent us recently.

Ed needed a torque arm to work with the custom crossmember set up he built for his 2001 Pontiac Trans Am WS-6. While Ed’s car was already a torque arm suspension car, we mostly build our custom torque arms for customers who want to install a torque arm suspension into a car that had a leaf sprung or other type of rear suspension system from the factory.

We’ve built custom adjustable torque arms for customers with 1967-1969 F-Body Camaro and Firebird cars, 1971-1980 Vega and Monza cars, S-10 trucks, G-Body cars, street rods… and the list goes on.

You will need to use a rear end housing with an F-Body style torque arm mount. We can have these built completely bare from Moser, in other words a 9″ housing with a F-Body torque arm mount and no other mounts installed. You then simply weld on your own custom lower control arm mounts, panhard bar mount, shock or coil-over mounts, etc. Contact us for more information if you need a custom rear end housing.

As a customer you simply need to install the crossmember the front of the torque arm will mount to in your vehicle. Then you just need to supply us with one measurement. We’ll ship you a proper length torque arm and the front Thrustator rotator mount to weld to your crossmember, it’s that simple. To get more details on our custom torque arms and how to measure – click here!

Now on to Ed’s pictures……….

To get more details on our custom torque arms  - click here

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