Upper control arm hitting after coil over install

[Literati]

Ok, I just installed Skunk2 coil overs with Tokyio shocks, and the upper control arm is hitting the inside of the wheel well. Is this a common problem? I am thinking of shaving off the outside lip of the control arm and the inside of the wheel well. Does anyone else have any other ideas?

[DlandryTSI]

How low did you drop the car?

--Dave

[Literati]

I dropped it about 1.5". I borrowed a grinder from a friend and gound down the lip of the control arm. It clears the indside of the wheel well easily now. Luckily I didn't have to grind the wheel well at all, or take a hammer to it! 8^)

I did make a mistake with the shocks incase someone else can learn from my mistake. I was using a grinding wheel to grind off the brackets on the shocks, and I ground down too much of the weld bead (where the coilover sits on the shock). I tried to get a shop to weld a new lip, but it wasn't possible so I had to buy another shock. After borrowing a hand grinder from a friend (Thanks Dave!), it made all the difference in the world.

[Literati]

I want to drop it a total of 2", I placed the cut bump stops on the wrong side of the top spring perch. Once I put them on the correct side the total drop will be 2".