12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
I haven't run into the problem of the tire hitting the top of the wheel well. It was hitting the coil over hoop pretty goo early on, then I modified it to move it out the way. It will still touch it slightly when turned full lock in a turn, but I don't even notice, it just brushes the paint off.
I don't know how the Duster fender compares to the Darter fender, but I'm sitting at 24.5" on the front. And I did go for a drive and the rear settled more than that photo. The rears were at 24". That was entirely too low and the driveshaft was practically touching the tunnel in the back. I took my lowering plates out and now the back is 24.5" also. My rear tires are taller than the front, so they will be tucked more.Running out of LCA clearance and tire clearance to the inner fender well happen pretty close to the same time. I know on my Duster the QA1 tubular LCA's add some clearance to the LCA, and I run a short bump stop on the frame horn, but, at the ride height I run max compression puts the tire up against the top of the inner fender well anyway. Stock LCA's would hit first, but depending on the height of the tire there wouldn't be much room left anyway.
Ma Mopar's solution on the T/A, AAR and Nascars looked like this, frame notched for LCA clearance
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But with stock fender wells adding LCA travel would also require something like this, so the tires didn't hit the sheet metal at full stuff
This is where I sit with the QA1 LCA's and 25.7" tall front tires, and I'm out of room to the sheet metal at full compression. Fender openings are about 24 7/8" from the ground.
I haven't run into the problem of the tire hitting the top of the wheel well. It was hitting the coil over hoop pretty goo early on, then I modified it to move it out the way. It will still touch it slightly when turned full lock in a turn, but I don't even notice, it just brushes the paint off.