Thread: Ride height ?

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I need to drop my body down 1 inch in the rear. I have 14 inch coil overs on the back. At the lowest mount hole in the rear end. Should I buy shorter coil overs. Or should I wait to see how much drop I get when everything is mounted up with a full tank of fuel. Have you noticed any drop with a full
tank of fuel?
Creep

If this is a new build, you might want to wait till everything is up and running and let things settle in a bit... Where are your coilover adjusters at for height? Depending on things like travel on the shocks, spring rate, etc. you might be able to go to either a lighter spring or a shorter spring....

I have a 4 link with coil overs and a 15 gallon fuel cell...Unless you have a might
big tank, I would not think the fuel tank would make much if any difference, but like
Dave said, depends on your Springs, and how you have them adjusted

I would look at your springs. Coil springs are rated for how much weight it takes to compress the spring one inch. So if you have 500 lbs springs, it takes 500 lbs on each of them to drop the rear one inch. If you are running sway bars the lighter springs will be less noticeable in the handling of the vehicle. You could try a different height spring also... Check with Afco or a racing specialty store and you can order the springs in different heights and by 25 lbs increments to tune it correctly. If you go to a shorter spring make sure it doesn't effect your shock travel too much. Fuel in the tank isn't going to adjust the height of the vehicle much. 15 gallons is only 105 lbs of fuel, not enough to push those springs down an inch.

Originally Posted by Creep

Should I buy shorter coil overs.

No, because then you stand the chance of bottoming out. Wait and see exactly how much you need after everything settles out, then if you still need it lower, relocate either the top or bottom mounting brackets for the coilovers. Making a couple of brackets is way cheaper and easier than buying new coilovers and risking bottoming them anyway.

As far as the weight on the rear, like the other fellows said, you can do the math. If the rear springs are, for instance, 175 lbs per inch springs, then it would take 350 lbs to move the rear up or down one inch (175 times 2 springs). 20 gallons of gas weighs 120 lbs, so that will not do it.

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Thanks for your input guys It really helps.
Creep