What’s the heigh of you Z?
11-12-2018, 09:28 PM
#1
What’s the heigh of you Z?
I dropped my car this weekend using the stock bolts and it doesn’t look like it came down much. I’m wondering what’s the height of everyone’s car? I’m talking about from the floor to the fender.
Thanks!
Thanks!
11-12-2018, 10:56 PM
#2
11-14-2018, 07:18 PM
#3
Le Mans Master
just finished doing my suspension and coil over shocks on my 2007 Z. front height is 25 3/4" and rear height is 27" from the floor to the fender well. it has 3/4" between the top of the tire and the lip of the fender well on all 4 corners.
11-15-2018, 05:30 PM
#4
Team Owner
Factory height on my 09 Z06.
front 25 & 15/16"
rear 27 & 1/8"
front 25 & 15/16"
rear 27 & 1/8"
11-17-2018, 12:02 AM
#6
Drifting
My ZR1 is at stock height. Golly stock height is low enough for all the cringe worthy scraping and dragging sounds I get when carefully driving around. Why make it worse? I've got other things to do. I see no practical or functional reason to lower the car further.
11-17-2018, 12:11 AM
#7
the scraping sounds you hear is the flexible rubbed air damn under the front of the car. Owners manual states it’s normal to hear scraping. They don’t serve a cooling benefit only aero. Unless you plan on doing 190, remove them. I tossed mine day I took delivery of my z06.
11-17-2018, 09:39 AM
#8
Burning Brakes
Ride height
I never adjusted my 2008 Z06 ride height from the new condition at museum delivery. As far as I can remember, it was always low and would scrape at every opportunity. So now it is 10 years old, and when I run it on a road course with the OEM wheels and stock size tires, it more than just rubs the flexible air dam. In fact, it scraped the front brake air diverters off twice and tore the left inner rear fender out twice. Measuring the height of the fenderwell at the four corners over the centerline of the wheel hub, I found my car was 25.75" high at the front and 27.43" high at the rear. So was this a low build height or have the OEM springs sagged? Who knows? I have had the DRM Bilstein shocks on my car, practically since new (best mod ever!). My springs are still stock.
While not wanting to raise the ride height of my car excessively, I had to stop tearing the bottom bits off, so I raised the ride height to 26.5" front and 27.7" rear, also getting the suspension stagger closer to what Chevy recommends. These heights seem to work fine. I can feel the rear end of the car moving around more in hard cornering though.
Anyway, for anyone who might want to use their car on a road course, you might want to think twice before you make the car super low.
While not wanting to raise the ride height of my car excessively, I had to stop tearing the bottom bits off, so I raised the ride height to 26.5" front and 27.7" rear, also getting the suspension stagger closer to what Chevy recommends. These heights seem to work fine. I can feel the rear end of the car moving around more in hard cornering though.
Anyway, for anyone who might want to use their car on a road course, you might want to think twice before you make the car super low.
Last edited by Z.06; 11-17-2018 at 09:48 AM. Reason: Add more info
11-17-2018, 11:29 AM
#9
I never adjusted my 2008 Z06 ride height from the new condition at museum delivery. As far as I can remember, it was always low and would scrape at every opportunity. So now it is 10 years old, and when I run it on a road course with the OEM wheels and stock size tires, it more than just rubs the flexible air dam. In fact, it scraped the front brake air diverters off twice and tore the left inner rear fender out twice. Measuring the height of the fenderwell at the four corners over the centerline of the wheel hub, I found my car was 25.75" high at the front and 27.43" high at the rear. So was this a low build height or have the OEM springs sagged? Who knows? I have had the DRM Bilstein shocks on my car, practically since new (best mod ever!). My springs are still stock.
While not wanting to raise the ride height of my car excessively, I had to stop tearing the bottom bits off, so I raised the ride height to 26.5" front and 27.7" rear, also getting the suspension stagger closer to what Chevy recommends. These heights seem to work fine. I can feel the rear end of the car moving around more in hard cornering though.
Anyway, for anyone who might want to use their car on a road course, you might want to think twice before you make the car super low.
While not wanting to raise the ride height of my car excessively, I had to stop tearing the bottom bits off, so I raised the ride height to 26.5" front and 27.7" rear, also getting the suspension stagger closer to what Chevy recommends. These heights seem to work fine. I can feel the rear end of the car moving around more in hard cornering though.
Anyway, for anyone who might want to use their car on a road course, you might want to think twice before you make the car super low.
11-17-2018, 05:19 PM
#10
Le Mans Master
my 25.75 front and 27 rear is about 1+" lower than when i started. just measured the heights of a friend of mine and his were 27.125 front and 28.5 rear and his are factory untouched.
11-18-2018, 11:28 AM
#12
Burning Brakes
