Has this been tried? Would it work? (Rear Lowering Topic)

[2ndTARGA]

I'm close to dropping my car back on the pavement for the first time after re-indexing the rear T-bars and am eager to see how well I did on the calculations. But even if I happen to nail it on the first try (unlikely) there's still the bigger question of whether the car will look just right to me with the drop that I'm targeting - or if I'll want to go for something different.

I've been thinking of an alternative way of achieving the "right" height and can't find any reference to something like the following - does it seem like a good idea or just a waste of energy?

1. Car on level surface - roll back and forth to get good initial resting level.
2. Make a small right angle scribe device using a short piece of 3/4" aluminum angle with a scribing tool or marker fixed to one side.
3. Laying on the ground, reach up and run the angle back and forth along the top of the spring plates - marking a good line on the fender well.
4. Replace both rear shocks with suitable threaded rods using big washers at the top and some sort of angle bracket at the bottom.
5. With the car back on the ground, roll back and forth, ect. Then adjust the nuts on the threaded rods to pull the car to the desired height (and desired appearance)
6. Make a new scribe mark as in step #3
7. Disassemble and drop the spring plates as usual.
8. Measure the difference between the two scribe marks (in degrees or distance)
9. Index the plates upward by this same amount.
10. Reassemble.

Is there some drawback to this that I'm not thinking of?

Thanks,

Ron

[ulrichd]

Ron,
Here's a simple way that worked like a charm last time on my 70T. I wanted to lower the rear 3/4".

Unbolt shocks and free the springplate from the trailing arm. Measure the distance of the lowest portion of the springplate to the ground. Raise springplate 3/4" by manipulating inner and outer splines. Reassemble. Done. Worked first time. This obviously assumes that your car is securely raised on jackstands and level.

It turned out to be about 3 degrees so every degree of change will give you 1/4" in height.

Ulrich

[snbush67]

It sounds so simple.....