How to test suspension travel to modify wheel wells?

[k72nova]

I'm in the process of modifying my front fenderwells on my '72 Nova and I just want to make sure I'm doing everything correctly.



What I've done so far is remove the drivers coilover, and set the passenger wheel on the ground and jack up the control arms on the driver side with the drivers side frame on a jack stand.

Now I'm marking everywhere the driver wheel touches and going to modify from there.


Is there a better way to do this? I'm worried that I'll go a bit too far with the modifying because the suspension is traveling further than it ever really will on a track, by that really I mean I don't want to roll my fenders (since I painted the car last year) if I don't have to based off of inaccurate suspension travel.