Suspension On Standard Ae82?

[DD Rolla]

Hi everyone, umm I'm looking to lower my car abit more but before i can i need to know how much its already been lowered so i can get the springs ordered. Ive asked mechanics and they reckon they have to take out the spring to see how much its been lowered... I brought the car already lowered with 17's on it and the guy i brought it off doesnt know how much its been lowered because he didnt change suspension.. I don't want to go too low cuz it already rubs everywhere if i have people in the car or if i take hard corners, the gaurds are rolled and bashed out underneath etc etc. So i was thinking if i knew the ride height of a standard 16 twincam 88 then i could measure aprrox. how much its been lowered taking into account the larger rims.

 

Thats how the car sits at the moment.

 

Thanks for your help,

Matt

[Jordan]

regardless of what wheels you have on your car the 'Eye Brow" height will be the same. this is (as I understand it) the distance between the centre of your axle and the top of your guard.

 

Now since 1989 this has been recorded for standard vehicles and guidelines established as to 'how low' your car can legally be.

 

The easiest way to determine how much you car has been lowered is to get your mates standard AE82 measuer the eye brow height and then measure yours.

 

Cheers

jordan

 

P.S: measureing to the ground from a reference point on the car doesn't work because of the differences in wheels sizes. Eye Brow heiht measurements get around this :2thumbs:

Edited October 6, 2006 by Jordan