ride height help!

[stevef182 0]

can anyone tell me, (or tell me where i can find out), how high a standard 1.8 16v corrado should be from the floor..presuming a measurment being taken from the floor to the bottom middle of the arch??? need to know exactly how much mine has been lowered by and so need to know how low/high it would be if it was standard spec!! thanks!!!

[davidwort 0]

can anyone tell me, (or tell me where i can find out), how high a standard 1.8 16v corrado should be from the floor..presuming a measurment being taken from the floor to the bottom middle of the arch??? need to know exactly how much mine has been lowered by and so need to know how low/high it would be if it was standard spec!! thanks!!!

 

as a rough guide I'd expect to get between 3 and four fingers in between the top of the tyres and the bottom of the wheel arch (195-50-15's), springs sag with age and the rubber mounts compress so they often sit lower than expected on standard springs.

I've lowering caps on the front, eibach springs and rear koni's on their lowest groove (non-coilovers) and it sits level with about 30mm above the tyres, about 40-50mm lower than standard.

The late VR6's seem to be the highest standard suspension so don't compare with them.

[stevef182 0]

sorry, i should have specified...any idea what it would be like with 17" wheels on?

[davidwort 0]

sorry, i should have specified...any idea what it would be like with 17" wheels on?

 

have a search on the web, there's quite a few wheel circumference calculators about,

 

found this from a link in the forum wiki (go near middle of long page)

http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbible ... bible.html

 

depends on the profile and width of the tyre you choose, go low enough and the 17's may not be far off 15's, whatever the difference between 15's on 195-50s and the tyre choice you go for on 17's divide the diameter in two to get the amount extra they'll fill in the top of the wheel arch.