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    Question IRS - Tires rubbing on shock springs

    Happy Thanksgiving Eve, everyone!

    I finished mounting the IRS and Wilwood brake upgrade. I did the rough alignment according to the manual for both the upper control arms and toe arms of 11 1/2'' and 17 3/8'' respectively.

    UCA Dimensions
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    Toe Arm Dimensions
    irs_toe_dimensions.JPG

    I then mounted the rear tire to continue to set the rough camber and toe alignment and I'm finding that the springs of from the coil-over shocks are rubbing on the tire.
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    I checked to see if perhaps I had too much negative camber but the level is coming out right smack in the middle.
    level.jpg

    Here are my UCA and toe measurements for sanity check.

    UCA measurement
    uca_measure.jpg

    Toe arm measurement
    toe_measure.jpg

    At this point, I see two options and wanted to check with the gurus: Do I flip the shocks (as it seems body up/spring down would fix the problem) or do I extend the UCA and toe distance by about 1/2''?

    Thank you, and hope all your turkeys are defrosted already!
    Last edited by elspanishgeek; 11-23-2022 at 04:28 PM.

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