Rear coil-overs for Cobra with Mustang 8.8 four link

[donraye]

Originally Posted by Clois Harlan

Don,

First you have a beautiful car.

I went back and looked at your photo gallery and you are not running anything so wide you would be creating your own problem. It looks as though you are probably running some 8" wide rims all the way around with maybe some 235 X 15 front and 255 X 15 rear.

Your offset/Back Space doesn't seem to be creating your problem either. I assumed you were talking about the rear tires rubbing on the outside of the tire and NOT the inside. I think the Hal (QA-1) shocks will solve your problem if you just need to pick the rearend up a little. Your Mustange springs JUST may be to soft for your car.

Clois

Thanks Clois, The wheels are 17" not 15" and the tire profile in back is 40.
I have changed the wheels since the photo you viewed but the new "real" Halibrand Cobra III wheels have an even higher offset and are as flat a profile on the outboard side as it gets so they are not the problem as the wheels rubed just as badly with the "weird" wheels that you saw in the photos (which were on the 90% finished car when I purchased it).
I think the Hal QA-1 are what I'll be looking at as you and others have suggested. The rear offset is 45 on the Halibrands and they are 9" rims running 285s in back. Does anyone out there know about the "Competition Engineering" Mustang conversion units I looked at?