View Single Post
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 01-18-2003, 10:42 AM
Excaliber Excaliber is offline
Senior Club Cobra Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 15,712
Not Ranked     
Default

Don't be fooled by appearance of fender to tire clearance either! My Excal body was "off" a little and one rear tire had less clearance than the other. So I went after the screw jacks to adjust ride height to make it "look" even. Big mistake! Eventually I jacked it up, took off all the wheels, measured the frame with a "plumb bob" to check for twisted or bent frame. How to measure for that and where to take the measurments is critical.

Bottom line. The frame was true, the glass body was not. Adjusting for body "appearance" really screwed up the weight bias. Eventually this was a major factor in WHY I sold the Excal, it was hard to "see" the problem, but I knew it was there. And it bothered the hell out of me. NEXT Cobra, I will measure EVERYTHING before I buy. Straight frame and straight body will be top of the list!

Ernie
Reply With Quote