again on lowering a C3...
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again on lowering a C3...
hi all, sorry i'll bother everybody again with a lowering C3 thread...
my '77 C3 has rear poly springs and front transverse spring kit, QA1 shoks and 8'' rear bolts. Now, the car is abt 300 lbs lighter then stock, so it's higher then stock as well, for the rear the 8'' bolts fix at minimum lowered it nearly ok, i've bought the 10'' ones so i'll try this way, BUT for the front i dont know what to do because i have the transverse kit so i cannot get stiffer srings and then cut it like some previous threads i red sometime ago have suggested.
advices? thanks/Giuseppe
my '77 C3 has rear poly springs and front transverse spring kit, QA1 shoks and 8'' rear bolts. Now, the car is abt 300 lbs lighter then stock, so it's higher then stock as well, for the rear the 8'' bolts fix at minimum lowered it nearly ok, i've bought the 10'' ones so i'll try this way, BUT for the front i dont know what to do because i have the transverse kit so i cannot get stiffer srings and then cut it like some previous threads i red sometime ago have suggested.
advices? thanks/Giuseppe
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what transvers spring kit do you have?
If it is the VBandP kit it is fully adjustable. It has bolts that attach the spring to the lower A-arms, jsut adjust them to get the desired height.
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Originally Posted by panic
hi all, sorry i'll bother everybody again with a lowering C3 thread...
my '77 C3 has rear poly springs and front transverse spring kit, QA1 shoks and 8'' rear bolts. Now, the car is abt 300 lbs lighter then stock, so it's higher then stock as well, for the rear the 8'' bolts fix at minimum lowered it nearly ok, i've bought the 10'' ones so i'll try this way, ... thanks/Giuseppe
my '77 C3 has rear poly springs and front transverse spring kit, QA1 shoks and 8'' rear bolts. Now, the car is abt 300 lbs lighter then stock, so it's higher then stock as well, for the rear the 8'' bolts fix at minimum lowered it nearly ok, i've bought the 10'' ones so i'll try this way, ... thanks/Giuseppe
If you are running 15" wheels, these can put the rear spring ends adjacent to the tire sidewall. I had 1" clearance between the sidewall and the spring... not enough! I ripped the sidewall completely out of a perfectly good tire while autocrossing. As long as you keep the spring no lower than even with the rim edge you will be fine.
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Originally Posted by chevymans 77
If it is the VBandP kit it is fully adjustable. It has bolts that attach the spring to the lower A-arms, jsut adjust them to get the desired height.
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Originally Posted by GUSTO14
Be careful of those 10" bolts in the rear.
If you are running 15" wheels, these can put the rear spring ends adjacent to the tire sidewall. I had 1" clearance between the sidewall and the spring... not enough! I ripped the sidewall completely out of a perfectly good tire while autocrossing. As long as you keep the spring no lower than even with the rim edge you will be fine.
GUSTO
If you are running 15" wheels, these can put the rear spring ends adjacent to the tire sidewall. I had 1" clearance between the sidewall and the spring... not enough! I ripped the sidewall completely out of a perfectly good tire while autocrossing. As long as you keep the spring no lower than even with the rim edge you will be fine.
GUSTO
Time to get a custom spring made.
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can you post some pics of your setup? It looks like the VBandP setup. The bolts that attach the spring to the A-arm at the outer end should allow plenty of height adjustment to lower the car.
this is the one I have along with the tube upper A-arms.
this is the one I have along with the tube upper A-arms.
