Tire size on lowered 68

[Rev]

With completely new front suspension, springs, shocks, etc., etc., I had to remove 1/8 turn extra from the passenger side spring to get the ride height to be the same side to side. Actually, I did remove 1/4 turn from the passenger side and 1/8 turn from the driver's side in order to get the stance I wanted. If you do that, remove only the minimum at a time. Lots of work to assemble and disassemble to check ride heights, but it is necessary.

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[rwhite65]

Maybe I missed this, but did you replace the rear springs? I had the exact same problem and replaced my rear leafs this spring, and the problem was fixed.

When I had them out, one leaf pack was noticeably stiffer the other.

[Blue68Coupe]

No I didn't replace them just the front ones. Would the rear springs lower the frontend? I was thinking of putting a spacer above the coil spring on the front to level it.

[rwhite65]

Mine was sagging on both the front and rear of the same side. Since I had just replaced the front springs, it was a process of elimination for me. I have been told it is a fairly common thing for one leaf pack to sag more then the other.

[Rev]

That's exactly right. When you do the front suspension, you should do the rear suspension as well if at all possible. Even with new 5 leaf springs and new shocks, my rear ride height was off about 1/2" side to side. I corrected that by preloading the left side sway bar to get ithe ride height the same side to side.

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