Hey guys, earlier ( a few weeks ago) I asked about putting in spring relocators in my Cuda, here is what I did. I got a B-body rearend with the spring seats 44 inches apart and bought a bolt in relo kit from Mopar. I bought 17 x 8 torque thrust 2's for the front and just ordered 17 x 9.5's for the rear. My questions,/ problems are as follows:
- should the 17 x 9.5s fit? I put the 8's on the back just to see and there was two inches betweeen the outermost part of the rim (no tire) and the closest spot on the spring. Common sense would say the 9.5s should fit with 0.5 to spare. Anyone done this? How much room is needed between the wheel/tire and spring, is half and inch enough?
- the rear offset shackles hit the top of the cars body as they swivel back with the weight of the car on the axle. Are they supposed to do this. I also test fitted the rear valence and they are also very close to hitting it as well, but not quite. Is this just the way it is or did I do something wrong? What would cause this? Which leads me to my next question...
- how can I tell if I have superstock springs? The guy I bought the car off said they were and I just took his word for it. Could they be too long which is what is making the rear shackles swing up into the car?
- and last but not least, when I sat the axle on the springs they did not drop right in on the little alignment pin and I had to pry the spring in (towards the middle of the car)to get it to fit. I only had to move it about 3/8 to 1/2 inch until it sat down but was wonderieng if this would matter, I suspect not???
Thanks a lot for you help guys, Tyler
