[grendel]

This is the last bug to fight, shock placement.

The way I got it, no rim/tire specififed would clear the shock or spring.

The stock/cut sway bar was hitting the shocks when I got it from KS. I was told the DSE bar didn't fit, but it does, nicely in fact. The mounting points for the sway bar didn't change, when the length of the arms did... because the arms were cut well past where the sway bar comes in. Ironically, we didn't have to cut the stock sway bar, the DSE lower control arms had provisions for it. It probably wouldn't' have damaged my springs, either.

So, on to pics. I have pictures of every spec'd rim hitting the springs of the coil over. The only tires that fit were the front Boyd Coddingtons that were on the car when I shipped it out there. Yep, I got the front tires on the back and back tires on the front.

The first pic is a 18x10 with 8" of back spacing from a Z06 vette, hitting the shock. I think the new upper control arms will allow a tighter placement of that shock in-board.

So, what I hope to do is move the shock mount inside the frame rail, swap the shock tops for something that will handle the inboard mount angle. I think it will actually clear the mounts, if I use the same mount the was installed outboard the rails. I may get a more compliant (read squishy) ride, but that can be changed with spring rates.