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Yes, and I did read the article. Can't figure out how they straightened out the tie rods and such though. it says they were going to add dropped spindles and cut coils. I did that already. Mine are not at all straight unless I put on the 225's. If I put back the stock spindles, and kept the cut coils It should lower it down some. If I then changed out the tires to a 215, and changed out the front rims. The tires may sit higher into the fenders, while the body comes down just a little.. I think..

Originally Posted by slantback37

Yes, and I did read the article. Can't figure out how they straightened out the tie rods and such though. it says they were going to add dropped spindles and cut coils. I did that already. Mine are not at all straight unless I put on the 225's. If I put back the stock spindles, and kept the cut coils It should lower it down some. If I then changed out the tires to a 215, and changed out the front rims. The tires may sit higher into the fenders, while the body comes down just a little.. I think..

In the article, the owner wanted the car to sit low in the front. He accomplished that but using the stock spindles and cutting several coils out of the springs. The result was a poor riding, poor handling car because there wasn't much spring left and the control arms were no longer parallel to the ground. To correct it, they installed 2" drop spindles to accomplish part of the drop and new stronger springs which they only needed to cut 1.5 coils out of to achieve the same lower ride height but the difference of having a lot more working spring makes the car ride better and also leveled out the lower control arms.

On your car, perhaps your springs are more worn and maybe you cut them too much. Maybe you should have started by cutting 1/2 coil to see how the ride height was. I don't know why your lower control arm is so close to the rim with the drop spindles. It shouldn't be like that. Did you check to make sure the lower ball joint is well seated into the spindle?

Ok. I was just out with the 37. I measured my back spacing.. From the edge of the rim to the area where the rotor sits is 3 3/4".. i also looked at the ball joints. I think I can tighten up on them. They are only a few threads above the nut..