My front tires scrape on my 68 coupe when I lean in to a corner that has a divit in the road. I have air shocks on the rear of car so I can adjust the rear, but what is the "simpliest" way to raise the front end up about an inch or so. I really don't want to curl the fenders if I can help it, and I like the look of these tires that I have on the car....the tire man that sold them to me said they "should" be ok. Car is a stock 68 coupe and I want to keep it looking "close" to that, except for the duel exhaust and fatter tires......thanks

 

What size are your tires? It can have a major impact on rubbing to say the least.

Look to see if the front has been dropped, you can tell by the location of the upper control arm. If there are two extra holes above the bolts for the UCA then it's been dropped and you can raise it by putting the UCA back in the original location (upper holes.) If there aren't "extra" holes you can get larger springs.

As far as the rear goes, air shocks are bad. They place an excessive load on the upper mounting points in the floor. This area was not designed to be load bearing and can fail or distort. If you want rear height, get rear springs that are designed to raise the rear or (shudder) use longer shackles.

 

You can get 1" coil spacers that fit above the coil not an easy fix as new springs would probably help and as oxnard said get rid of those airshocks they will damage the car.

 

The simplest way would be to go to a auto parts store and buy some 1" coil spring lifters, I think that is what they are called. comes in a package of two and they install by simply inserting them between the coils of the spring and turn them with a 3/4 drive extension and ratchet about 1". I have used them on several cars and they don't seem to impact the handling or steering geometry just ride hieght. I do believe they are ment to be a temporary solution, though I have left them in for years and never had a problem. I have some in my Mustang right otherwise my headers and chin spoiler would be gone by now,lol

 

This would be a more involved way of doing it. you would need to compress the spring about 2 inches just to get the 1 inch spacer in there. new coils in the front would help too.

+1 on the REMOVE THE AIR SHOCKS, Air shocks are bad bad bad, You are trying to make your shocks due the work of your springs in a location (top shock mounts) that was not ment for it.Get rearched or stock replacement springs (yours are 40 years old) and also stay away from raised shackles (cheap redneck solution) very dangerous!

 

When was the last time you had an alignment?

 

Would be best to replace all 4 springs and shocks and id never drive it again tell the air shocks are off it.