1" longer ball joints

[Cranky]

What is the point of 1/2" or 1" longer ball joints top and bottom? Are they just used for extended travel of the RF suspension?

[grt74]

camber curve, and control arm angles, keeping the car out of the ground
longer is weaker though, its a trade off, use as short as you can as a rule

[manwplan]

there's zero magic to a longer ball joint. changing your spindle height will accomplish the same thing.

[KTMLew]

there's zero magic to a longer ball joint. changing your spindle height will accomplish the same thing.

Correct. Ball jernts are just cheaper.

[LRtireCHANGER]

If you go to a longer top, or a longer bottom, or both, ball joint..........you are effectively changing the height of the top a-arm. Let that thought set in for a minute. You are keeping the bottiom a-arm in the same possition, but you are raising the top a-arm. By doing this, you are changing the rate of rf tire lean.

[grt74]

If you go to a longer top, or a longer bottom, or both, ball joint..........you are effectively changing the height of the top a-arm. Let that thought set in for a minute. You are keeping the bottiom a-arm in the same possition, but you are raising the top a-arm. By doing this, you are changing the rate of rf tire lean.

longer lower balljoint also lowers the chassis to the ground if you don't change the spindle, have to pay attention to that one

[Ltemodel]

Having different stems is a good way of testing different heights without building new spindles. Once you hit on something, I would always build a new spindle with that height adjusted. Running stock ball joints just makes things easier. If you ever had to borrow parts from someone, it would just make things easier.