Ride Height Question
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Burning Brakes
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From: Lansing MI
Ride Height Question
I have a question on how and where to measure the ride height on a C5. The reason I ask is last year I got off on a rough back road and the car bottomed out enough to put a 1/2 dent in the floor pan on the steel part just ahead of the drivers feet. I'm wondering if my car was lowered or this road was just really bad or my **** is too fat. I'm shopping tires and I'm thinking about taller tires to lift the car a half inch or so. After bottoming out I wonder how you guys get away with lowering the car at all. Thanx in advance. Jeff
Melting Slicks
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Jeff,
The trim heights are measured on the frame but to simplify just measure from the ground to the top of each wheel well (fender). Post it here and we can tell you if the car has been lowered.
Dave
The trim heights are measured on the frame but to simplify just measure from the ground to the top of each wheel well (fender). Post it here and we can tell you if the car has been lowered.
Dave
Instructor
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From: virginia beach va
Originally Posted by corvette dave
Jeff,
measure from the ground to the top of each wheel well (fender). Post it here and we can tell you if the car has been lowered.
Dave
measure from the ground to the top of each wheel well (fender). Post it here and we can tell you if the car has been lowered.
Dave
Anyone know the turns per inch for adjusting, I've heard 1 turn is a little less than 1/4 "
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Burning Brakes
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From: Lansing MI
Originally Posted by corvette dave
Jeff,
The trim heights are measured on the frame but to simplify just measure from the ground to the top of each wheel well (fender). Post it here and we can tell you if the car has been lowered.
Dave
The trim heights are measured on the frame but to simplify just measure from the ground to the top of each wheel well (fender). Post it here and we can tell you if the car has been lowered.
Dave
Here are the measurements.
Pass Rear 29.0
Pass Frt 27.5
Driv Rear 28.5
Driv Frt 27.0
This stikes me a weird, wouldn't we want the driver's side higher than the passenger to offset the weight of the driver? Let me know what you guys think. Jeff
Burning Brakes
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From: Rhode Island
Originally Posted by G-lock
Dave-
Here are the measurements.
Pass Rear 29.0
Pass Frt 27.5
Driv Rear 28.5
Driv Frt 27.0
This stikes me a weird, wouldn't we want the driver's side higher than the passenger to offset the weight of the driver? Let me know what you guys think. Jeff
Here are the measurements.
Pass Rear 29.0
Pass Frt 27.5
Driv Rear 28.5
Driv Frt 27.0
This stikes me a weird, wouldn't we want the driver's side higher than the passenger to offset the weight of the driver? Let me know what you guys think. Jeff
