High ride height - springs or ?

[TobyB]

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 Thus stock US squarelights look even more like they're on tippytoes not only due to the taller springs, but the higher bumpers.

...and yet, they're 4" lower than the Rally car the OP has posted.  

 

Again, there is either no engine or the wrong springs in that car.  No amount of binding lower arm pivot and spacer is going to make it THAT high.

 

Unless you stacked 3 spacers on each side, in addition to the stock one- maybe.

 

t

 

[BarrettN]

21 minutes ago, TobyB said:

...and yet, they're 4" lower than the Rally car the OP has posted.  

 

Again, there is either no engine or the wrong springs in that car.  No amount of binding lower arm pivot and spacer is going to make it THAT high.

 

Unless you stacked 3 spacers on each side, in addition to the stock one- maybe.

 

t

 

If you're willing, let me know when you're free to Skype sometime and I can show you what's in the car. Maybe looking at it live you might see the problem. 

[M3M3]

after you took it off the jackstands.....did you roll the car back and forth?  if you didn't, then that is the problem.

[BarrettN]

No, I haven't - I'll give that a shot. No driveshaft yet & it's been raining, I'll be concentrating on the car that's in my garage currently so that I can get this one inside out of the weather. It's been sitting outside for several years, but that's no reason not to get it inside asap now. 

[TobyB]

Skipe?  Gwoodle?  Hell, I can't even remember my vpn route through the dns some days...

 

...as others will attest, I don't exist- I'm an AI living in a sever farm in Redmond, parasitically attached

to this BB.  So a couple pix on this board's the only way I communicate.

 

heh

 

t

no, Marshall, it's not even the rolling factor.  Now, the skyhooks on the front bumper mounts, THOSE might have something to do with it.

[Jimmy]

On 2/19/2019 at 3:07 PM, rstclark said:

Some will argue this , but gas shocks and struts like Bilstein will raise the car slightly  only slightly

 

I've observed this particularly with Bilsteins, but it's a subtle difference.

 

BarrettN: Please post pics of the strut tops and of as much of the strut assembly  you can get from underneath.

 

Anyone else: Can the sway bar be connected incorrectly in a way that would cause this? Just wondering if it's related to the 5-speed swap.

[Booger32]

My 74tii looks like a rock crawler even after I installed the 1 dot spring pads.

Sits way yonder too high!  Maybe it will come back in style someday, like it was when I was in high school (lol)

[dlhoovler]

You sure you didn't leave something under there when you took the jack out? Jack stands? Cider block? Mother-in-law?

Sent from my phone.

[coloincaalpine RIP 2021]

Ya know, I have seen in the past,on a car that sat static, for a long time, the shocks would stick in the up position when it was jacked up and then lowered again.  Just sayin'.     Do the shocks function as designed?

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[BarrettN]

My brother also suggested that I check that possibly the tops of the springs are properly seated in the upper spring perches. If the weather cooperates I'll be looking at it this weekend. My main focus is getting the other car I have out of my garage so that I can get this one in. 

['76mintgrün'02]

hopefully this is not your problem

 

[rcf925]

I don't even have the drive train in mine and the front is only slightly higher

 

[g_force]

4 hours ago, Booger32 said:

My 74tii looks like a rock crawler even after I installed the 1 dot spring pads.

Sits way yonder too high!  Maybe it will come back in style someday, like it was when I was in high school (lol)

 

It's called a "gasser" and it never went out of style in certain circles.

[Jimmy]

9 minutes ago, rcf925 said:

I don't even have the drive train in mine and the front is only slightly higher

 

 

Actually, I think OPs car has more gap between the top of the tire and the fender lip. What's your tire size?

 

 

[coloincaalpine RIP 2021]

Well..............Just leave it as is and move in another direction with it !

Sincerely,

Don Garlits