Very high front end issue

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87monteSSMN

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Is there a reason the front end on this thing is 4x4 height? You would think with worn springs it would say lower then stock. I thought maybe the rear was sagging but the rear appears to be stock height. Shocks and springs are original from 87. I bought load leveler/towing shocks with springs around them to raise the rear but pretty sure it's as high as it will go. Tires are wrong size as well 225 70 15 but they are junk anyway as date code on em is from 1995. New tread still, car was barely driven in last 23 years.
 

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Gwarren79

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The stock size I see is 215/65r15 which is 26 inches tall. Your 225/70r15 is 27.4 inches tall or roughly 1.5" over stock
 

87monteSSMN

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Tires are same in rear though. Smaller tires will make the wheel gap all that much more pronounced.
 

Clone TIE Pilot

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Bent frame?
 

fleming442

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You can assume everything is stock as long as you want. Unless you had eyes on it since new, you just don't know.
It's pretty obvious that the wrong springs are in the car.
 
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Griggs

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My 78 Cutlass sat like this until recently. Stock springs all around. The front end sat high. I chalked it up to over the years, weight removal out of the front end including the A/C system (pump, lines, condenser, evaporator), cast iron replaced with aluminum and lighter material, (intake, exhaust, water pump..). It all adds up and changed the ride height in the front. I installed 1" spring spacers in the rear and now it sits like it should.
 

69hurstolds

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I bought a brand new 86 Monte SS, and it never sat up like that. It was even front and back, but not tilted up. The rear looks normal height but the front end looks a little higher than stock. Hmmm.
 
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