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Originally Posted by DanEC
Sure, you can easily crank the suspension up an inch or more with the coil overs. But when you do that the trailing arms will rotate the entire, rear Jag suspension assembly forward on its pivot and the tires towards the front and the point of minimum tire clearance which are the fiberglass blister closures in the wheel wells behind the seats. I’m assuming the 289 is no different than the 427 underneath. So you’ll then need to unbolt and crank those trailing arms out to move the Jag assembly further back in the wheel well. No telling what that will do to the alignment geometry which on the Jag suspension is a fair amount of work to change.
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I see your point..good info, thanks DanEC! I have a second set of wheels(Torque Thrust 5 bolt) that might have a smaller back spacing. I can keep the Avons on the FIA wheels and use the others for the off-road tires...fingers crossed.
I'm down in Mexico and the car is in LA. I could answer a lot of these questions if I could spend an hour with the car on a floor jack. But the decision hasn't been completely made as to whether to bring the car to Mexico or not. And there are a lot of factors I have to consider about transpor, insurance and importation. So I'm trying to do as much research before I head to LA the first of November. Thanks for all your replies! I'll post with updates on my progress.