Car sits too high, springs maybe?

[robftw]

No they're cut, this is before i smoothed out the bondo.. The previous owner didnt even seal the welds on the rears! I had to shoot POR15 up inside the rear end of the car just to make sure it would be okay..

[BZIG]

Coil Overs on all fours should close the fender-wheel gap, they're adjustable as well.

[BZIG]

No they're cut, this is before i smoothed out the bondo.. The previous owner didnt even seal the welds on the rears! I had to shoot POR15 up inside the rear end of the car just to make sure it would be okay..

oh , fender trimmed my old chevy 4 wheeler for tire clearance never thought of doing it on a car though.

[jmortensen]

If you're not spot on with your cuts, which is virtually impossible to do, you'll never be able to get it properly aligned.

Not in my experience. The tolerances for Z alignments are pretty loose, and the only thing adjustable from the factory is front toe. If you cut the springs in the same increments (one coil, two coils, etc) it's been my experience that there is no alignment problem at all. Coilovers are much better, but too much fuss is made over the perils of cutting springs. So long as you do it with a cutoff wheel and not a torch, it's not that big a deal.

Cut (with saw) 2 coils off front and two coils off back. Spring coefficient will go up 30% to 35%

How are you figuring this? I just commented on another thread that Dan Baldwin did the math when he cut his stock springs a long time ago and the spring rate change was very low, like 3% or 5%.

[jmortensen]

How are you figuring this? I just commented on another thread that Dan Baldwin did the math when he cut his stock springs a long time ago and the spring rate change was very low, like 3% or 5%.

Did the math, the truth is somewhere in the middle:

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?34234-Found-some-Bilstein-inserts.&p=367955&viewfull=1#post367955