Patent ID: 8419028

Claim:
A method of retrofitting a suspension arm of a vehicle to facilitate a selective variance of a height and corresponding effective center of gravity of the vehicle when the retrofitted suspension arm is connected thereto, said method comprising: removing a portion of a joint retaining structure from one end of the suspension arm, removing an original suspension joint from the joint retaining structure, forming a plurality of bushing members of a resilient, compressible material having a varying thickness along different sections thereof, connecting at least one of the plurality of bushing members to each opposite side of the one end of the suspension arm, and orienting the at least one bushing member on each opposite side of the one end of the suspension arm in a predetermined orientation relative to one another to facilitate the selective variance of the height of the vehicle dependent on an operative orientation of the suspension arm when connected to the vehicle, wherein the suspension arm and the suspension joint are attachable to the vehicle in either of two oppositely inverted operative orientations, each of the two operative orientations defining a different vehicle height.