Ralphbf

I cut a loop from the coils of the front end on my 75.

What a waste of time.

Here is the before and after shots.




And here is how my 75 sits now:


Any suggestions?
I believe the rear sits to high and the front needs to come down 2 1/2 to 3 inches.

Ralph

By the way she was being readied for paint.
And that's where she is now.

Here is the look I'm going for:

GT's 78

Those rims and tires might help!

7t9l82

it sits like the motor is out of the car, is it?

stingr4y

Has the suspension "settled in" after being jacked up?

wombvette

Yea, looks like the engine is out. Could be the springs are not in the sockets right.

I have a bunch of old worn out springs.

Easy Mike

Springs are not correctly seated in the spring pockets. You're going to need to turn them a bit.

wombvette

Not just turn them, place them in the upper socket correctly.

Ralphbf

The first picture is when I got the car. It had 90,000 miles on it.
The motor is in the car, but with aluminum heads and headers.

The springs are in correctly and I drove it through the alleys around here so the would be plenty of movement and the springs would settle back in. It has about 5 miles on it since I cut the springs.

I put the old tires and rims back on the car because It's now in the paint shop.
I have 255/45/17's all the way around.

It did drop some but not near enough.

scottyp99

Did the car ever sit properly? Sorry, I can't view your pics. And, what did you do that made the car sit like this?


Scott

'75

I cut a coil from mine and it sits just right. It lowered it about 1.5 inches, but I have iron heads and 245-60-15 up front.

wombvette

Sure of this? Why dont you shoot us a good picture of the upper spring position in the frame and lets see.

Retro78

agree with this suggestion. I typically place the springs so that you can see the end through the small 1/4" sight hole. The other posibility is that you have incorrect springs from a past owner.

Ralphbf

I should of measured the stupid things when I had them out.

With a loop cut off the springs they were still tight getting them back in.
I mean real tight.

I'll try to get a picture of the top of the springs. I know the bottom is in the notch.

I know if the springs are not in right you can't get the shocks back in.
Found this out the hard way.

Ralph

Ralphbf

I love the way your 75 sits.

How is it in tight turns and steep driveways?

Ralph

wombvette

Now, when you say they were tight, do you mean you didnt have to use a spring compressor? If thats the case, you most likely still dont have them in properly.

70ZZ3 96LT4

These springs will lower your Corvette and also improve the handling.

http://www.vbandp.com/C2-C3-Corvette...l-Springs.html

'75

No tire rubbing on tight turns and no spoiler scraping as long as I take it easy in the driveways.

Ralphbf

I've had several front ends apart and never had to use a spring compressor, just a jack.

The springs were bowed when I started jacking up the car.
And as the lower control arm came up the spring straightens out.

With the shock in they have to be close.
If they are not right this will be the first springs I've put in wrong.

And yes I had to kick them into place.

I'm leaning toward wrong springs to start with.

I rebuilt the front end and then I pulled them out to cut a loop out.
Plus the ride height was like this when I got the car.

Ralph

MotorHead

If I remember correctly the stock springs are very long and pain to re and re. The aftermarket springs are much shorter and easier to re and re. Now this is going back 10 years or so but if I recall you cut the bottom coil off.

Next I put masking tape on the end of the top of the spring so I can see it through the sight hole easier. You want to make sure the top coil goes just past the sight hole, too far and you will be riding the same height or higher.

The bottom of coil sits where it ends up it doesn't matter where, technically speaking it does because I think there is a drain hole in the bottom grove but there's not much you can do about it. It is the top of the spring that has to be in the correct position. Check out some new stock springs I thing they are about $30

wombvette

I'm telling ya, if you didn't use a spring compressor, and you have original springs, they are most likely installed wrong. I'm betting they are jammed in the socket at the top and are not properly seated in the pocket. When properly installed the springs will have a pronounced outward bow.