help with my 65 lowering wonders...

[65notch]

my car doesnt seem to sit as low as it should for what i have done to it...
i have 620# 1" drop springs, 1" shelby drop, and i cut 3/4 or a coil out. im not using any spacers and spring perch is stock spec. my front wheels are 14" but i have a pretty tall sidewall.
what do you guys think? i want the front to be a little lower than what she is. im contemplating cutting some more coil out...

the back has mid eye 5 leafs. and i moved the battery to the trunk

 

[68keyblr]

After cutting did you drive around to get the front end to settle? How much did it drop when you cut the 3/4 coil out?

 

[iskwezm]

whats the measurment from the center of the hub to the fender lip?????the 14's are probably throwing off the look.With what youve done it should be sitting pretty low

 

[SoCalCruising]

Post the size of your tire, please. A relatively small diameter tire will have the appearance of more space between the tire and the upper fender lip. If you already plan to upgrade your wheels/tires, then I'd wait to see what they looked like before trying anything else that would further lower the car. If you pick a larger tire, that may solve the "look" issue.

 

[65notch]

front tire size is 185/70 14. and the lenght from center of hub to the fender directly above is 13 1/2"

ive been driving the car like this for a few months, so the springs are settled for sure.

when i cut the 3/4 coil out it dropped it quite a bit, and it had a sweet stance(lil highter in the back) then i moved the battery and the front popped up like crazy. i know the battery does way a bit and to move it will change the height. but it sure changed it alot.

 

[302 coupe]

your car is suffering from tiny tire syndrome. A 26" tall tire is typical for these cars, and with a 26" tall tire you'd only have 1/2" fender gap. Get some 15 or 16" wheels while you're at it. You can't even buy a decent tire for 14" wheels anymore.

 

[Jimmys66]

Amen to not finding tires for 14" rims.

Something doesn't seem right though. My car has an all stock front end other than 1 whole coil cut out and it sits 12.25" from the fender to center of the hub.

I cut the springs after the battery was moved to the trunk, but I did switch to alum. heads after and the front end lifted 1".

 

[SoCalCruising]

Your tires are about 1.5" smaller in diameter than a typical size 16" wheel/tire combo of 255/55-16. A switch to this wheel/tire would bring your tire 3/4" closer to your fender and probably look a lot better. Your 620#/inch springs should not have dropped all that much from removing 100-125# from the front end (heads and battery), but seeing is believing, I guess. Once you have settled all of the weight swapping/removing and have the final wheel/tire combo on it, then adjust your final ride height.

 

[66Runt]

As you cut coils your spring actually gets stiffer and will not compress as much.

That said, 13.5" is close to stock height (IIRC). You may be fighting the ends for the middle. Do you still have the stock springs laying around? If you're going to toss them, you might try cutting them first and trying them out. You may just find they work well when cut down a coil or so, especially if you've gone with a bigger sway bar, and drive mostly on the street.

Good luck with it.

Scott

 

[Opentracker]

Well, our car runs 14's on the street with 245/60/14's out back and 225/60/14's up front on real Minilite 14X7 wheels. Looks good, nice and low.

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John