ride height
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Joined: Aug 2015
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From: Jackson Wisconsin
The plastic body pieces on these cars is far from precision. The recommended measurement method for ride height is the jacking tab under the sill behind the front wheel and in front of the rear. Using the wheel arches, the distance from the tire to the wheel arch or the fenders can lead to misinformation and frustration. At one point I read that part of the final assembly tool package was a large mallet. While this probably apples to C2or even C3 cars there is a lot of variations in the body panel gaps on our cars that were addressed on the C5.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Mckinney TX
The plastic body pieces on these cars is far from precision. The recommended measurement method for ride height is the jacking tab under the sill behind the front wheel and in front of the rear. Using the wheel arches, the distance from the tire to the wheel arch or the fenders can lead to misinformation and frustration. At one point I read that part of the final assembly tool package was a large mallet. While this probably apples to C2or even C3 cars there is a lot of variations in the body panel gaps on our cars that were addressed on the C5.
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Joined: May 2013
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From: Sacramento California
The plastic body pieces on these cars is far from precision. The recommended measurement method for ride height is the jacking tab under the sill behind the front wheel and in front of the rear. Using the wheel arches, the distance from the tire to the wheel arch or the fenders can lead to misinformation and frustration. At one point I read that part of the final assembly tool package was a large mallet. While this probably apples to C2or even C3 cars there is a lot of variations in the body panel gaps on our cars that were addressed on the C5.
