StrutTowerLowering

From John Clarke Mills Project Wiki

As many of you know, there is a little 3/4" spacer on top of the strut in between the shock tower and the perch that the spring sits in. This leads the car to be "uneven", lower in the back and higher in the front. This was added when this car was first brought to America to comply with safety standards but really serves no other purpose, so it was time remove it.

This is actually quite easy to do. All you have to do is jack up the front of the car and unattach the sway bar from the control arms. Now support the strut with a jack from underneath and unscrew the strut from the body. Then lower the jack. With a little bit of force you lower the strut.

Notice the silver metal spacer on top of the strut:

Now you can see how the finished shock on the far side sticks up farther into the engine bay:

Here is what the spacers look like removed: