Ride Height: How low is too low?
03-20-2012, 02:54 PM
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the question is, much that much lowering, are you gonna invest in the dog bones to correct your camber ? or are you gonna let the road eat your tire's inside within 5k miles...
03-20-2012, 06:44 PM
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Compromising functionality for looks is........... well, I've already been scolded for using mean words, so lets say it's....... not sensible.
If you're looking to improve perfomance then you should do it right. I don't think you're allowed to track a car that has tire rub.
03-20-2012, 07:05 PM
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There's a big difference between a tire rubbing ever-so-slightly on the plastic fender liner under full lock/heavy load and rubbing the sidewalls on the fender so much the paint burns. 
03-20-2012, 07:19 PM
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My 996 C2 has been lowered to GT3 height with the aid of H&R coilovers. The front tires are 235/40-18 on 18"x8.5" wheels. My tires rub on the fender liner at steering angles that would seem to be well short of steering lock. I encounter this mostly when doing things like parallel parking, or backing into a perpendicular parking spot.
My concern is more about what happens when I get this car out on to the track and the suspension is more heavily loaded in corners. Do I run the risk of rubbing at more modest steering angles?
My concern is more about what happens when I get this car out on to the track and the suspension is more heavily loaded in corners. Do I run the risk of rubbing at more modest steering angles?
03-20-2012, 08:10 PM
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You don't measure just the tire you measure to the bottom of the fender.
As for the benefits, it provides more crisp and precise handling but often with the tradeoff of a rougher ride. It all depends what you want out of your car and whether to upgrade or stay stock is pretty subjective.
As for the benefits, it provides more crisp and precise handling but often with the tradeoff of a rougher ride. It all depends what you want out of your car and whether to upgrade or stay stock is pretty subjective.
Is that correct???
03-20-2012, 08:27 PM
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03-20-2012, 08:28 PM
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03-20-2012, 09:00 PM
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03-20-2012, 09:07 PM
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If you like the ride height you're at now, make it work for you. A little rubbing here and there really isn't that bad as long as you're not rubbing on a sharp piece of metal or something.
Take the wheels off the car and look for where they are rubbing. It should be pretty apparent by the shiny/smooth areas on the fender linder where the tires have rubbed. Then get your heat gun out and heat those areas. Once the plastic is pliable, push it back a bit to indent it and give you the clearance you need. Or, trim it with a razor blade if it's rubbing on the edge of something.
Take the wheels off the car and look for where they are rubbing. It should be pretty apparent by the shiny/smooth areas on the fender linder where the tires have rubbed. Then get your heat gun out and heat those areas. Once the plastic is pliable, push it back a bit to indent it and give you the clearance you need. Or, trim it with a razor blade if it's rubbing on the edge of something.
03-20-2012, 10:03 PM
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03-20-2012, 11:01 PM
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Well, for $2-3k and a few possible headaches, you can get to 25" too.
Get your minds outta the gutter, I'm talking about the car
(my guess is it would cost closer to $20k to get 25" there, not that I've looked into it or anything. What you heard is NOT true!!!)
Get your minds outta the gutter, I'm talking about the car
(my guess is it would cost closer to $20k to get 25" there, not that I've looked into it or anything. What you heard is NOT true!!!)
