Suspension arm assembly and method of retrofitting

A suspension assembly structured to facilitate a selective variance in a height and center of gravity of a vehicle when operatively connected thereto, said suspension assembly comprising:

• at least one suspension arm including a suspension joint connected to one end of said suspension arm,
• said suspension arm and said suspension joint collectively disposable on the vehicle in either of at least two operative orientations, each of said two operative orientations defining a different height and center of gravity of the vehicle,
• said suspension joint comprising at least two bushing members each formed of a resilient, compressible material,
• each of said two bushing members connected to and extending outwardly from an opposite side of said suspension arm,
• each of said two operative orientations defined by different ones of said two bushing members and corresponding ones of said opposite sides respectively defining an upper oriented side and an under oriented side of said suspension arm when connected to the vehicle, and
• each of said two bushing members cooperatively disposed with said suspension arm to facilitate concurrent compression of said two bushing members upon movement of said suspension arm relative to said suspension joint in a substantially transverse direction relative to said two bushing members.

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 retaining structure,
• forming bushing members of a resilient, compressible material and having a varying thickness along different sections thereof,
• connecting each of the bushing members to opposite sides of the one end of the suspension arm, and
• disposing the bushing members on the opposite sides 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.