Suspension & Chassis Research Guide

Performance and a Smooth Ride with Car Suspension and Chassis

Suspension and Chassis from JC Whitney ensure better handling, absorb shocks efficiently, and provide you with a smooth and comfortable ride. Select Air Springs to help you stay in place regardless of load changes or road conditions. They help keep your Car level while carrying heavy load.

You could opt for Ball Joints to resist water and dirt ensuring better handling and a faster respond of your Car. They outperform and outlast stock rubber bushings. Bump Stops and Suspension Bumpers are great replacements for your Car’s damaged original parts.

You can opt for Bushings to provide accurate handling, absorb shocks efficiently, and ensure proper steering and a responsive handling of your Car. You can also go for Camber Kits that are designed to improve handling and control of your Car ensuring you with a safe and comfortable drive.

Coil Springs improve handling, maintain comfort under normal driving conditions, and provide you with better control of your Car during aggressive driving situations. Idler Arm is essential to proper steering as it adds stability to the center link and tie rod assembly of your Car.

Another type of Suspension and Chassis is Leaf Springs that reduce sway, bottoming and sagging helping you to restore your Car’s original height. These Leaf Springs are strong, reliable, durable and efficient. Drop your ride for an improved handling and sleek looks, with these Lowering Kits for Cars. They are designed to work together ensuring the best performance possible.

You can opt for Power Steering and Gear Box that are efficient, durable and provide you with better control of your Car. Choose Rack And Pinion for Car to reduce steering effort and ensure proper steering for an improved handling. They are lightweight, durable and are easy to install.

Shocks and Struts are rugged, strong, reliable and durable and help you to keep your Car in control after a bump thus providing you with excellent driving ability and maximum safety. Steering Column and Shaft add a bright custom touch to your Car making it look sleek and attractive.

Steering Stabilizers and Dampeners improve your riding ability, better high speed handling and increased steering. Strut Bars and Suspension eliminate flexing, reinforce and strengthen suspension while tightening up handling and improving steering.

Sway Bars and Anti-Sway Bars provide the best performance and handing, improve control and give a better and more stable balance through sharp curves. Tie Rods and Sleeves are tough, durable, resilient and are engineered to withstand hard performances. Traction and Torsion Bars prevent severe bottoming, chassis problems and increase traction and stability.

Types of Car Suspension and Chassis

Air Springs

Air Springs from JC Whitney improve cornering, suspension and steering of your Car. They are durable, reliable and extremely efficient. You can choose Ride Control Load-Assisting Adjustable Air Springs from our collection to prevent sag, Car bounce and bottoming ensuring the smoothest ride on loaded or unloaded Cars. These Air Springs adjust to your Car’s load condition for an improved driving comfort and control. They are specially designed for mid-and full-size truck used for light-to-medium load towing. They are easy to install.

Ball Joints

Ball Joints from JC Whitney are engineered to improve steering, eliminate noise and unstable front-end suspension caused by worn ball joint. Replace you Car’s originals with the help of Ball Joints from our collection. They are designed for '66-94 Volkswagen vehicles.

Bump Stops and Suspension Bumpers

Bump Stops and Suspension Bumpers from JC Whitney are durable and can be used to replace old damaged original parts of your Car. You can select an Upper A-Arm Suspension Bumper Weatherstripping of OEM quality making them resilient and durable. They are easy to install.

Bushings

Car Bushings from JC Whitney provide a responsive handling and control, absorb shocks better, are consistent, highly durable and designed to exact tolerances. You can select Bushing Kits from our collection that absorb shocks better and eliminate bushing “play”. They outperform and outlast rubber bushings providing your Car with accurate handling.

You could also go for Control and Strut Arm Bushing that make perfect replacements for damaged originals. They ensure driving safety, prevent uneven tire wear, improve your Car’s suspension and help to restore tight handling.

Camber Kits

Camber Kits from JC Whitney are necessary for all performance tires and lower springs ensuring correct handling of your Car. You can choose High-Performance Camber Kits to maximize your tire life after you have installed sport springs in your Car ensuring a smooth ride and better handling.

Coil Springs

Coil Springs from JC Whitney reduce body roll during cornering, squat during acceleration improving handling and ride quality. They are a must for anyone looking for a suspension performance. You can choose a Ring-Type Coil Spring Stabilizer to restore the Car’s height and to reduce front end dive preventing bottoming of your Car.

You could also opt for Coil Spring 2-Way Adjuster and Stabilizer to lower the rear end of your Car for that low-slung look making your Car look sleek. Boost sagging springs; restore your Car to level with the help of, these Adjusters and Stabilizers. They raise the front end of your Car improving the rear wheel traction thus providing you with a smoother and more comfortable ride.

Idler Arm

Idler Arm from JC Whitney is designed to restore precise, responsive steering providing you with better handling of your Car. They are strong, reliable and long-lasting. You can select Idler Arms from our collection to stop toe-in change caused by a worn or loose Idler Arm. They feature a bolt-on installation.

Leaf Springs

Leaf Springs from JC Whitney are engineered to provide additional carrying capacity, help to stabilize your Car’s suspension, improve traction, handling and cornering. Select Leaf Springs to improve the safety of your Car while carrying heavy loads or towing heavy trailers.

You could also go for Helper Springs, Shackles, Hangers and Mounting Hardware that are designed to offer additional support to your Car providing you with stability, durability, strength and excellent off-road performance. They also prevent violent tire hopping and minimize wear on tires, shocks and leaf springs.

All kinds of Leaf Springs from JC Whitney are durable, strong and designed to provide you with smooth and comfortable ride. They improve stability, performance and handling and traction of your Car.

Lowering Kits

Lowering Kits from JC Whitney are engineered to give you maximum drop without losing suspension travel making your Car more stable in turns and also making your Car look sleek and attractive. Coil Spring Lowering Kit can be used to lower the front or rear coil springs of your Car up to 3" without cutting, welding and heating providing you with stability and better handling. The Kit includes 4 compressor assemblies to lower one pair of coil springs. Designed specially for Cars, Trucks and Vans, these Lowering Kits are long-lasting.

Power Steering and Gear Box

Power Steering and Gear Box from JC Whitney help to reduce the steering effort on your Cars and is perfect to replace worn or damaged originals. You can opt for a Steering Gear Box to restore positive sure steering ensuring a better control and handling of your Car. They are ready to install.

Rack and Pinion

Rack And Pinion from JC Whitney upgrade your Car’s steering for an improved handling. They eliminate the original heavy, ineffective steering box. You can choose a Dune Buggy Rack And Pinion from our collection to improve steering for greater off-road control of your Car. Constructed from compact, lightweight aluminum case with heavy-duty steel, these Racks and Pinions are strong and extremely durable. The kit includes rod ends, bellows and rack boots. They can be installed easily on any dune buggy.

Shocks and Struts

Shocks and Struts from JC Whitney provide you with a better handling, increased stability and control and give you a smooth and comfortable ride. You can select Struts and Cartridges that provide you an improved ride, control and better handling of your Car giving you the perfect combination of performance, reliability and riding comfort.

Strut Mounts are an integral part of your Car suspension. Strut Mounts from JC Whitney are reliable, efficient making your drive comfortable and safer. Performance Car Shock Absorbers are engineered to provide you with a smooth and excellent drive. They increase stability of your Car providing maximum safety for the driver.

You can also choose Performance Truck Shock Absorbers that control the spring motions in your Car helping you to keep your Car under control in extreme road conditions. Replacement Shock Absorbers provide your Car with greater stability, ride control and improve handling. You could also go for Shock Absorbers Mounts and Hardware that are designed to provide you with a smooth ride, improved safety and help to reduce vibration and noise in your Car.

Steering Column and Shaft

Steering Column and Shaft from JC Whitney are durable, strong and are easy to install. You can go for a Chrome-Plated Heavy-Duty Steering Shaft that is designed for your Dune Buggy Type I Chassis and are necessary for off-roading. They ensure an easy installation.

Steering Stabilizers and Dampeners

Car Steering Stabilizers and Car Dampeners from JC Whitney replace worn or defective originals providing you with a faster and smoother drive. Eliminate shimmy; absorb shocks to steering system caused by bad roads with the help of this Hydraulic Steering Stabilizer. They feature an easy bolt-on installation.

You could also select a Polyurethane Boot for Extra-Heavy-Duty Stabilizer that perfectly fit extra-heavy-duty hydraulic steering stabilizer reducing tire wear and improving steering.

Strut Bars and Suspension Braces

Car Strut Bars and Car Suspension Braces from JC Whitney look great, improve handling for a quick and responsive steering and are necessary for hard cornering or auto crossing. Carbon-Fiber-Look Steel Strut Bar comes in a dual bar design that virtually eliminates body flex for an improved handling and drivability. This Bar is constructed from powder-coated mild steel with powder-coated gunmetal for durability and a gray finish. Hardware and instruction included.

Strut Tower Brace are ideal for vehicles with a stiffened suspension or fro vehicles with larger wheel and tires. Made from durable, lightweight aircraft-grade T6061 solid billet aluminum, this Tower Brace virtually helps to eliminate all body flex improving handling and providing you with a better ride.

Sway Bars and Anti-Sway Bars

Car Sway Bars and Car Anti-Sway Bars meet the need of any track or road conditions. Reduce sway, fading, body roll, and improve handling with the help of these Car Sway Bars and Car Anti-Sway Bars available at JC Whitney.

Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings are much stronger than the original rubber bushings - durable; resist extreme heat, cold and friction that can weaken stock parts. These Kits include one pair of bushings with matching heavy-duty brackets. Brackets resist heat and feature slotted holes for universal mounting and simple installation.

You could also opt for Polyurethane End Link Bushings to eliminate the “play” common to rubber bushings ensuring a faster response, better overall handling for your Car. These Bushing outperform and outlast stock rubber bushing and fit all anti-sway bars with end link.

Tie Rods and Sleeves

Tie Rods and Sleeves from JC Whitney increase safety, prevent uneven tire wear, ensure better handling and faster responds fro your Car. You can choose Tie Rod Assemblies and Tie Rod Ends that perfectly replace worn or defective originals. They are available for the passenger’s side and driver’s side.

Make your Dune Buggy and Sand Rail look great with the help of a Chrome-Plated Tie Rod. These Tie Rods are made from heavy-duty steel for strength and chrome-plated for that extra sparkle. They replace the stock tie rod on your Type 1 chassis. They feature a Tie Rod with damper that provides for a smoother on-road steering and a Tie Rod without damper for stiffer off-road steering.

Traction and Torsion Bars

Improve ride, handling, and cornering ability, eliminate wheel hop and improve traction with the help of Car Traction and Car Torsion Bars from JC Whitney. You could select Chromed Torsion Arm Covers to replace originals perfectly and to add a sparkling dress-up look to your Car. Constructed from chrome-plated steel, these Arm Covers are strong and reliable.

You could also go for a Universal Performance Traction Bar designed to fit Cars and mini-trucks with leaf springs under the axle. This Traction Bar stops wheel hop and helps to plant your Car tires for acceleration. It includes 4-U-bolts, a polyurethane bump stop and all the necessary hardware required for installation.