On Saturday I FINALLY got the control arms back with the new ball joints pressed in. Happy birthday to me!! It actually was my birthday, and I had stuff to do all weekend, so I didn't have time to work on the car till this evening. But I was able to bolt the control arms on, bolt the spindle on, and loosely install the CC plates and struts. Progress at last. Work is quite busy for me this week, so I don't think I'll have time to do anything more till the weekend, but it kinda looks cool with the wheels on.
I do have a few observations. I was worried that the rear end would be much wider with the IRS and I would have fitment issues with the tires. Those appear to be just fine, and could even come out a few mm to look better. The front seems wider than the rear, this is only a quick eyeball test tho. But, I don't have rotors on the front either, so the tires will stick out a bit more. Hopefully I don't run into fitment issues, especially since the rims are only 17x7.
This is the first time I have dealt with coilovers, and I'm not sure if I am doing it right. I have a 10 inch spring, and I have the the adjustable spring perch all the way up on the threaded slip-on on the strut. But, there is still a lot of play, as in I can still move the spring up and down. There is no pressure on the spring right now. I didn't bolt the CC plates down all the way, and that will account for some of the slop, but it sure seems like if the suspension gets un-weighted, like if I reenact the Dukes of Hazard, then when the suspension becomes weighted again it is just going to hit really hard. If anyone who has been there and done that can weigh in, that would be quite helpful. I feel like there is some obvious thing that I am missing, and I'm too tired to see it right now.
Anyway, it feels good to make progress again. Its been too long. I like the look of the wheels tho, they have a sorta old school feel to them. They are kinda like a distant cousin of the Magnum 500 wheels, which I like quite a bit.
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