The new right front caliper arrived and it fit over the new pads without any issues. I had tires installed last week, and now that the brakes are done I decided to mount the wheels and take the car off the stands. I bought a motorcycle/ATV jack to help with this and lowered the car one end at a time onto dollies.
Now the fun part, testing the suspension...
Ride height is currently 5.5" rear and 4.5" front. I'll adjust to 5" front and rear to start.
Wheel rates:
Standing on the rear lowered the car by 0.5". So 165lbs/2/0.5" = 165 lbs/in wheel rate...
The front compressed a little more: 165lbs/2/0.55 = 150 lbs/in
Pretty close to my target rates.
One unfortunate discovery, I have a clearance issue with the front rocker (hits the frame at about 1" of bump). I can improve this by adjusting the springs (pre-compress), this will also raise the ride height which I need to do anyway. If this doesn't give me enough travel, I'll have to think about shaving some metal off the rockers or modify the frame rails...minor setback though, overall a good weekend.
