Will They Settle?

That is about a nice of stance as can be reasonable expected and still be used on the streets where speed bumps and low/sunken driveways may be a concern. You want the car lower?

 

235/?/15 and 205/?/15

I would like to see what you overall diameter is on your wheels.

Thanks

 

Sorry about that...they were BFG's T/A Radial 60's

 

Thanks!!! Not to much bigger than mine. You are at 26.1" diameter and mine are 25.7" a 1.6% difference. I keep thinking I went to small.

 

The height of your tires are just right. 'Hate to say it, but you're gonna have to change those springs out. They are not the correct arch. I thought mine were bad until I saw yours (I'm still disappointed in mine).

 

I already have. I couldn't take looking at it even when I knew I was going to change them. The Caltrac mono leafs that I have installed with a 1" drop still sit higher than I want but I will wait to the vehicle is fully weighted to see where it really sits. The ESPO's springs didn't budge with 200 lbs in the trunk.

 

I already have. I couldn't take looking at it even when I knew I was going to change them. The Caltrac mono leafs that I have installed with a 1" drop still sit higher than I want but I will wait to the vehicle is fully weighted to see where it really sits. The ESPO's springs didn't budge with 200 lbs in the trunk.

 

Your ride height looks good to me! Just the right amount of rake. Then again, I like the way my car sits.

 

Put a big bumper on the rear.

They're not going to settle anytime soon. You can always put lowering blocks on it and retain all the leafs. I ended up making 1 1/2 inch blocks to lower mine.

 

that's crazy high looks like the wrong springs

 

That's a good one! Those battering rams are crazy heavy with all of the associated hardware.

 

Crazy Larry,
Thanks for the compliment on the stance. I think the car is pretty good this way too, but it needs a bit taller front tire to fill the wheel wells better. I will probably lower the front a touch to counter this. I think the rear axle height will remain close to where it is. The big problem is that the car still has the original leaf springs and they are done for. Put a passenger in the back seat and 100 lbs of stuff in the trunk and it turns into a lowrider. More spring rate (without a lot of arch) are what's needed here.

 

I got the same effect when a bird landed on my trunk lid. I've never seen leaf springs fatigue so bad.

 

Well, I'm thinking about lowering blocks now.

 

I'm thinking about lowering blocks now that I changed to a taller tire size in back. Might as well remove the small leaf and turn the middle leaf 180*since most of the things will be apart