Bump stop clearance

[DT69Cam]

Guys with lowered front ends ( coil overs),what’s the min distance you would need on your LCA bump stops to frame?? This is on a 69 camaro.

[tmcmillan5]

I've got my 68 Chevelle lowered about 1 1/2" maybe 2" . The lower stock A-arm is not quite level from CL of balljoint to CL of mounting bolts and that gives me a whisker hair between the bump stop and the frame......so I put my SPC cone joust style bump stops (# 95339) on my stationary belt sander and shaved 1/2" in the same cone shape to give me about 5/8" clearance.
I think your Camaro uses a rectangular bump stop but we did use the above SPC round bump stops on a friends 67 Camaro.
I'm running Vari shock coilovers on my Chevelle w/400 lbs springs and I'm quite happy with the setup.

[DT69Cam]

Perfect. Thank you for the reply!! I did cut off a 1/2 inch from the stock rubber stops. I’m about an inch away now. I was just curious if an inch was enough. Thx again.

[dhutton]

One inch should give you around two inches of compression which is pretty good. If you could use the S10 progressive bumpstop that would be even better.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sps-95339?srsltid=AfmBOopx3b9WozvbdtkhZcRBGpW6FRT9gfET XwR4fLueYZrgfVZDJffVVhI

[DT69Cam]

One inch should give you around two inches of compression which is pretty good. If you could use the S10 progressive bumpstop that would be even better.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sps-95339?srsltid=AfmBOopx3b9WozvbdtkhZcRBGpW6FRT9gfET XwR4fLueYZrgfVZDJffVVhI
Thx Don!!