I have had my '78 Ghia apart for years, but its finally starting to come back together.
I redrilled the leaf spring mounting holes (on the shackles and forward hangers) 1" higher since I had them off, but now need to do something on the front. I have heard that removing 1/2 coil will result in a 1" lowering, so I'm going to try that.
I'm in the process of cleaning and painting the front suspension anyway, so this is a good excuse to pull the springs, cut them, and sand and paint them also. Plus it gives more space for getting to the A arms for cleaning and painting them. Eventually I'll blow the whole front end apart and replace the bushings and ball joints, but they look servicable for the moment, and I'm in rush to drive this thing again.
The driver side spring required the use of spring compressors even with the lower A arm at full drop, although not removing the steering arm and strut bar probably effected this a bit.
If it will ever quit raining here I'll get the passenger side coil removed, then it will be time to break out the cutting disc.
Following are some of the parts I have refinished for the project. The front sway bar links were replaced with new ones from Moog, so I didn't refinish the old ones.
I redrilled the leaf spring mounting holes (on the shackles and forward hangers) 1" higher since I had them off, but now need to do something on the front. I have heard that removing 1/2 coil will result in a 1" lowering, so I'm going to try that.
I'm in the process of cleaning and painting the front suspension anyway, so this is a good excuse to pull the springs, cut them, and sand and paint them also. Plus it gives more space for getting to the A arms for cleaning and painting them. Eventually I'll blow the whole front end apart and replace the bushings and ball joints, but they look servicable for the moment, and I'm in rush to drive this thing again.
The driver side spring required the use of spring compressors even with the lower A arm at full drop, although not removing the steering arm and strut bar probably effected this a bit.
If it will ever quit raining here I'll get the passenger side coil removed, then it will be time to break out the cutting disc.
Following are some of the parts I have refinished for the project. The front sway bar links were replaced with new ones from Moog, so I didn't refinish the old ones.