Reply to "Vehicle Height with 17” rims"

Pantera L #7341,

I have not addressed the issue yet. I have been trying to get my car 100% ready for the road before the snow hits. I have put the stock rims and tires back on until I figure out what to do.

I had just made the decision to purchase the new coil-overs when I recently found out that most people have to go with an extended upper rear a-arm or a adjustable upper rear a-arm on their cars when they install adjustable coil-overs to lower them. This allows for the proper camber to be set on the rear tires.

I spoke with Quella in Castle Rock a couple of days ago, and he confirmed that most people end up having to do this, however, a few cars can get by without it.

With the increased cost of the upper a-arms and the price of shocks I am going to have to wait to make this large purchase.

Before finding out about the A-arms, I had decided that pulling the stock shocks, removing the spacers, repainting the shocks, and reinstalling the shocks was to much work for a car that probably was still going to sit higher than what I wanted.

I did take measurements of the car when I first set it on the ground last week and took them again today. The car is sitting about 3/4 of an inch lower in the rear after only about an hour of driving. I now am wondering how much lower it will drop with some more driving.