Took some advice, since the new weels added a taller tire, Lowered the rear 1.5 inches. Cut 1.5 coils out of the rear springs. Not only does it ride better in the rear, but we added some trailering arms and a panhard bar. Looks much better to me now!!!!!

Thanks for all the advise

Ill add some more pictures here soon

love those wheels. gorgeous.

one more thing, i needa drop 1 inch my rear, did you really cut 1.5 coils out of that car?? has it settled yet? 1.5 coils seems like a lot.

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Very nice! Lowering these cars gives them 10x more attitude!

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it has taken alot of work to get the car to where it is today!!!!!

Shocks
Struts
Brakes
Water pump
PS pump
Rear diff rebuild
Interior detail and dye
Full black paint (done somewhat cheaply, but looks good)
Cat converters
80 series flowmaster
wheels, tires
Panhard bar
LCA's
STB
steering brace
subframe conenctors.....

and alot of manual f'n labor.

HE LOOKS GOOD!!!!

all the labor pays off huh! car looks great. again, i absolutely love those wheels.

Nice car I really like the rims. Congrats

You cut 1.5 coils???

What springs did you cut? What is the measurement from the ground to the bottom edge of the fender lip?

I've cut 3/4 coil off the rear springs before & can't imagine cutting double that!

lol thats what i was thinkin stephen, i dont think id ever cut off more than 3/4, but i guess it all depends on how high the a$$ was in the air. maybe he cut it an didnt let it settle yet?? idk im just making assumtions.

Now.......

That is a possibility I hadn't even thought about.

Simply jacking my car up all the way & lowering back down, without moving it to let it settle, without even touching the springs, raises my car a good 2"!

I hope for his sake, that isn't the case. The car will drop like 4"!

yep mine to, every time i raise it then lower it i have to dirve around the block a couple times and do a brake check to try to get back to normal lol.

so scottjake, please clear up the confusion, what springs did you use and did you let the car settle??

Yes, there were an unknown, set of hotchkis springs on the car, we cut one and a half coils from the end of the top coil, re-installed the insulators and set 'er down. The car has been driven appx, 45 miles since the cutting and we lost 1.25 inches of ride height. from 28" to 26.75".

It has had time to settle.

The ride is much improved as well.

Very good lookin! I hope to do the same to my Z

great looking car, now get out there and drive that thing!