Wheel Inner Lip Question

Discussion in 'Suspension/Chassis' started by mprtftr, Jun 13, 2013.

  1. mprtftr

    mprtftr Enthusiast

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    Okay, let me give you some background on what led up to this problem... The front of my truck is lowered with Chassis Tech drop spindles, flipped ball joints, '69 Camaro shocks, cut bump stops, and turned torsions. I had the torsions maxed out for drop but had to raise it up a little after installing the spindles. My problem is, as indicated in the picture below, is that the inner lip of my wheel is getting dangerously close to the two bolts on the bottom of the control arm. I have Dorman 1/4" spacers already installed but I’m still worried at full lock that I’m going to dig into the inner lip of the wheel.
    Am I going to have to flip my ball joints back to the OEM position or just get a bigger spacer or an adapter? Has anyone else had a problem like this? And if so, how did you solve the problem?

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    which one 77/78/79/81[r.i.p]82 sbrc driftbox, and a CeliLux/current daily= 79 sbrc [lil' blue]
    un-flip the balljoints that should do trick then crank the torsion back down a bit for drop
     
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    Or you could go up in wheel size.
     
  4. mprtftr

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    I'm going to try flipping the ball joints back to OEM. These are 18s and I don't have everything I need to start going any bigger. Ultimately, I want to bag the truck on 20s and I know I'm going to have to cut the hell out of the truck, but I only want to do it once. Thanks a lot guys. I really appreciate it.
     
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    Just curious is this a common problem with bjf?
     
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    Yehps
     
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    get 1.25" spacers. thats how i got the clearance for my 18's
     
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    just looked under my truck and checked i was good before but now even so because i put spacers for poke thanks for the reply though:waytogo:
     

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