i just run longer grade 8 bolts.

what control arms do you have again?

Ridetech for everything everything on the front. Looking at them again I think I have enough room for about a 1/2 inch more of spacers.

Doesn't having to use over 1/2-1" of camber shims to get 1.5 degrees seem excessive?

From what I have seen no, not with the RideTech arms, also depends on the car.

Cwylie, are you using an alignment machine or a smart tool angle finder?

Ok, believe this crap..... I actually drove the car this evening!! Woot woot!!:gitrdun:

Now, I didn't have any rubbing that I could hear, however there was a tiny bit I rubber build up on the fender, but I can't tell if that was from before I got it aligned. I raised the car up a touch also. With it sitting on the level floor, there is about 1/4" clearance on the back side at the fender lip at full lock. I'm relatively sure it will rub at full lock while turning into a driveway or something like that. But in all honesty, at this point I'm not too worried about it because if the wheel is at full lock, I shouldn't be doing anything other than creeping around anyway. I had pulled the top bolts out of the fender about 20 years ago to alleviate rubbing, so I'm used to a LOW car that rubs occasionally.

Now, had I bought this system to fit "meats" up front, I'd be pissed! However, since I got dinky 7x17's up there, I'm ok with it. I will have to buy new shoes anyway if I wanted some fats up there.

If I could figure out how to resize pics on an iPhone, I would post up pics.

You have 17x7's, but what is your back space? I have 15x7 with a 235 on a stock pontiac rally that doesn't rub on my 67 firebird.

i have a 285 19 on the front of my car . i have all the ridetech parts up front. my rims are a z06 offset . i build my cars so i can use the z06 offsets so when i have to buy wheels it is ez. the only thing that rubs is the muscle bar bracket but i modified it a little and now its all good.

Honestly, I don't remember what the BS is on those wheels. I ordered them in I believe 97 or 98!! LoL! They weren't "released" yet from what ARE told me then.

Well, I drove it to work today and it does rub the inner fender well at highway speeds when I hit a dip or bump in the road. I'm assuming because the wheel actually travels straight up now instead of tilting when it compresses. Not sure about the actual fender cause I never turned hard.

But... I DROVE IT!!

would love to see some pics of that setup at full lock with some measurements like ride height

After much research, head scratching, and re-reading this thread 3-4 times I finally ordered V40 rims...18x9.5" with 6" back spacing for the front and 18x11 with 7" for the rear. Hopefully that gets me close at both ends of the car, but I guess I can always use a spacer if needed. That's why I erred on the side of having a little too much back spacing, rather than not enough.