rear ride height
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Racer
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From: owensboro ky
rear ride height
just installed new comp 360# rear spring and 8" bolts. had stock 9 leaf and stock bolts. is this thing going to settle a bunch i hope when i drive it? if so any guesses as to how much. tire is 26" tall and there is 5" to the fender lip from the tire. front came out looking good.
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From: Henderson Nv-Rohnert Park/Sonoma C o. ca/born in NY Rockaway Beach.
I just did my shocks on my 77 and my ride height went up all around on the car I think about 1 in or more.
I was thinking i have room for more tire now..
I was also hoping that it would settle a little...
I was thinking i have room for more tire now..
I was also hoping that it would settle a little...
Racer
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From: Austin TX
My experience with 9 leafs springs has not been good. I ditched it and got the HD 7 leaf spring from vansteel, only it required using shims (which the car had on it originally). Some people here have 9 leafs and have no problem getting it to sit down right. I had the long bolts and by the time I got my sitting where I needed it, the spring was .25 inches from the side wall of the tire.
Now I'm fighting getting both sides equal in the fender well.
Now I'm fighting getting both sides equal in the fender well.
Burning Brakes
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From: Finland
just installed new comp 360# rear spring and 8" bolts. had stock 9 leaf and stock bolts. is this thing going to settle a bunch i hope when i drive it? if so any guesses as to how much. tire is 26" tall and there is 5" to the fender lip from the tire. front came out looking good.
And is your car a C3?
Last edited by Vesa; Oct 22, 2007 at 08:15 AM.
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This might be a dumb question but how high did you run the nut up on the 8" bolt?
To tell the difference between between the 2 springs is that the TRW spring is a paddle shape as where the VBP spring is the same wideth from one sode to the other.
To tell the difference between between the 2 springs is that the TRW spring is a paddle shape as where the VBP spring is the same wideth from one sode to the other.
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Exactly. I have 235 60s on the 71 nad had the same thing with a huge gap, looked goofy, might have to experiment with 9 and 10 inch bolts. or get several large washers and just 10" lag bolts with a good 3" of thread and trim off teh extra after you get the height where you want it.
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Replace the Spring with something else. The stock bolts are 6 1/4 so if you acount for this, with your 5" if height, that's 7" over the rear tire. That doesn't sound right. 10" bolts don't sound like a good idea either. talk to VBP or Van Steel about your problem, on the phone, and get the right part for it.