I bought a car that had 245's all around, and you could see where they were rubbing, I couldn't imagine 255's.....
Another temporary fix would be to clamp the front of the leaves. Raise the car until the tires are just touching and then tightly clamp the springs in front of the axle. It will hold the rear of the car up until you can afford add-a-leafs. Don't use air shocks because the shock mount wasn't designed to support the car - trust me, I know. Bruce
looks good dude! but man no Shackles please!!!! what shocks you got in there? also how old are leaf springs? have you tried rolling the fender? yep that will help i had those on my car before i put new leafs in.... but really it won't help that much much. on big dips it will still rub.
mo, theres a place on magnolia in santee called national spring. they can rearch your current springs or build you new ones. i dont know about the cost. i think that new ones from them will cost more than the ones that people talk about geting on this site. i do have a spare set of stock springs that you can have rearched so you do have as much down time.
I saw them advertised new for 109 each plus 75 for shipping. I really would prefer to get them rearched rather than throw out my old ones and create more waste in the landfill.
You're right, it probably would but I don't have too much time to go hunting through a salvage yard. If I do, I'll definitely look
Roll those fender lips! Cheap(free), easy to do. Just take your time. I took a small(3lb) sledge and SLOWLY, GENTLY tapped the lip in around the opening. As long as the car's not full of bondo, or the paints got too much hardner you won't harm the paint on the outside. Go slowly, don't try and bash it all the way up on the first hit. Hold your hand on the outside of the area where you're working, it'll keep the hammer from "bouncing" as much.
