Well, its been over a month and my cars still sitting on jackstands in my garage. My own doing. I wound up having my lower control arm sandblasted due to the way the SEM Hot Rod black dried. Two coats of primer, two coats of paint. Too many coats and a pain to sand. Blasting was so much easier. I also pressed in a new Moog ball joint. Now its hanging on my rack right next to the coil spring while Im still waiting for the free quart of paint coming from SEM. I dont think the customer service guy is screwing me. He said they were making a fresh batch and it would be shipped soon. We'll see.
This front suspension/spring/tire and wheel size issue is still going to hold me up. Lots of answers on this forum. Tons of info. To be honest, its lack of experience on my part. Theres a lot that I can do on my own as you can see when you look at both of my projects but this spring crap has held me up.
The spindles, the different springs. Im not dumb but I really dont understand how this comes together.
This picture was taken last month. Its how my car is sitting right now with 2" dropped spindles and 15.50" tall springs that might be factory. Its up a little in the front but Im thinking it might drop a little once things settle. It was pretty low before I took everything apart. The tires are 205 60 15s. Theyre 24.6" tall.
Many suggestions for the Moog 5660 springs. I think theyre 13.25" tall. Thats 2" shorter than the springs in the car now. If the stock spindles are going back in wont that basically put me at the same ride height that it is with the stock springs and the 2" dropped spindles ? Wont I be in the same situation that Im in now ? And if I switched to taller ball joints wont it be even lower ?
This whole thing is holding me up and basically its just because I want to run a nicer set of tires and rims. SMH
Im running out of things to do. Yesterday I cut out the Ozite for the cargo area. This morning I got a call from New England Chrome Plating. The back glass handle is done and being shipped today. It might be here tomorrow or Friday. Im so close to being on the road. I want/need this car to be finished. At this point I cant even move it because I took the left spring, spindle and control arm down. This is VERY frustrating.
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