Alignment Problems...any ideas?

[westofb]

I will start by telling you what I got. I have a 75 c 20 truck that I have converted to 1/2 ton suspension and lowered it. I used the following parts to make it a 1/2 ton: 1) 1/2 lower control arms and ball joints 2)3/4 ton upper control arms with 1/2 ton ball joints 3) 1/2 ton 1.25" thick rotors 2.5" lowering spindles 4) 1/2 ton springs with one coil cut off. My issue is with alignment, by lowering it in this fashion, the lower control arms are nearly level with the ground, thus my wheel track is about 2-3" inches wider over stock. Since the wheel track is wider, the upper control arms do not have enough adjustment on the studs through the cross shafts to get the alignment anywhere close to factory specs.

I figure the easiest cure would be to find a company that makes lower control arms that have the ball joint move inward about 1", but I have found no such animal. The second cure would be to find upper control arms that have the ball joint moved outward about an inch. The alignment shop, got it as close as possible, could not get both the camber and caster to spec, either one or the other. They said they aligned it so it would not wear out the tires (not sure which one the adjusted caster or camber, I know one is the lean of the tire from inside to out and the other is the lean forward to back, I am not an alignment guy so I don't know which is which).

The truck drives okay, but has bump steer issues, hitting small bumps wants to make it wander a little. I could live with it as is, but I would just as soon get if fixed to make it more enjoyable to drive. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.

The best cure would be the lower control arms if someone makes them, surely someone makes a lower control arm with inward set ball joints.

Here is a pic of the truck as is sits now, I love the stance!