Lowe Ball Joint Clearance

Doesn't look like grinding edge of tie rod would help on yours.  I used 1/4" or 3/8" wheel spacers - fixed both tie rod end and caliper rubbing issues I was having plus gave room for center cap on 914 Fuchs 2L alloys.  There seems to be plenty of room in front for the extra width. 

This is why drop spindles are built with some offset; typically 1/4 to 1/2". If they put the wheel/tire in the same position as stock, very few (if any) 15" wheels would fit. I'm surprised the caliper doesn't clear; I hadn't heard of that one before.Wolfgang's suggestion of spacers is the fix. Al

PS- Have you driven it with and without the sway bar? Did you notice any difference?

I had drop spindles on my IM, but ended up going back to stock.  Too much hassle.

My drop spindles were part of a package deal so their there for now but yes Ron I know what you mean as I'm just at the beginning of this setup. As far as running it with out the sway bar I haven't driven it enough to notice.

What difficulties did you have in setting up the front end with drop spindles? How much did they add to the track?

With 3/8" spacers I still had a little rubbing. I had some 1/2" spacers custom made.

Michael, sometimes that's what it takes. Having driven a 5 1/2" dropped bug for transportation (stock spindles, beam cut, 135's), I can say that the dropped spindles fix more problems than they create. I've often wondered why no one makes a 2" dropped spindle; wouldn't that eliminate the wheel interference problems? Al

I was really wishing I had 2" drop, not 2 1/2".

I also have Sway Away beam adjusters but I couldn't adjust the top one all the way up because the top screw was hitting the body support on top of the beam. I finally modified the body support.