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Lowered the car today
I finally got some new tires, Kuhmo 205/60 15 and lowered the car. It was around 25-3/4" from the floor to the fender lip on all corners. Now its sitting at 24-1/2" at the rear and Im going to set the front at 25". It was sure a pain getting the rear springplates off. I think on my 71 im going to spring for the adjustable plates. I originally used the springplate angle and had it set for 26 degrees. I reset it to around 22 degrees now.
  Next warm day I need to wash off all the dust. I also need to fix some oil leaks. I am waiting for some new seats and about a hundred other small things to finish and hopefully it will be on the road this spring.
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It has a lot better stance now! I need to do that to mine also but I too have the small things to fix first!
How difficult was this to do?
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The second side was easier than the first. I ended up using a metal wedge to drive the springplates off the torsion tubes. I had replaced the bushings not to long ago and they were tight. After I figured that out it wasn't to bad.
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Gotta say your car looked much higher than stock in the first place.
 I'm running 195/60/15 tires, my car looks like yours now and it's at stock height. Who did the corner balancing on your car before you lowered it?
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Ive recently replaced all the rubber parts in the front and rear suspension. I also replaced the torsion bars so it was me that had it set too high to start with. I will get it aligned but I don't know of anyone in the St. Louis area that does corner balancing.
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Looks just right to me.
 Hopefully a local Pelican can help direct you to someone for the corner balance. After replacing all the parts you did, an expert corner balance will improve your driving experience about 300%!
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(Posted by my cat who went to sleep on my laptop.)
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Lower. ;-)
  Hi Sandy...clearly we have different outlooks on pets! (t-shirt caption = "FAST FOOD")
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don't forget to redo the corner balance............
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