Do you have a pic of the whole car now for a comparison?? its abit hard to tell from the closeups.... although i'm leaning towards drop it back down a little??
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Personally I like having the gap between tyre and guard look equal all the way around, and you look pretty close to that now... yeah ???
Curious tho - what size tyres you have on the back ??? Look to be maybe 50 series 15"... going up to 60 series could give you more ground clearance, and actually look lower cos it'd close the gap up slightly.
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Get the height where you want it.......I'd like it closer to where you had itm maybe 10-15mm higher so you don't scrape your drive.......or move house. 😂
OR...narrow the beam and lower the front more and put the rear back to where it was. Makes the sump effectively higher.........
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Had the same problem with mine, lifted it up about 50mm front and rear and now its so nice to drive. Although now it does not have the LOOK we all like.
Why are you paying someone to lower and raise the car? It's an easy job to do and fiddle around with until your happy.
It did look better previously but you might find the car now will handle a bit better as swing axles can toe-in at the back when they are too low which is why the slammed dubs often make up new spring plates.
Not that this will help you directly with ride height, but my home has a bloody steep driveway and I can not drive up it at all without scraping a couple of times. But if I reverse up it, I have no problem at all. Just something for you to consider at your home.
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Camo wrote:Not that this will help you directly with ride height, but my home has a bloody steep driveway and I can not drive up it at all without scraping a couple of times. But if I reverse up it, I have no problem at all. Just something for you to consider at your home.
Kev
I hope You have good rear view mirrors Kev.. lol
I have found that the standard rear and front ride height..
are good...
but naturally with the front tyres having about a 3 inch or 75mmm of clearance from the mudguard lips..
looks rather terrible...
so, hydraulic or air lowering and raising the front would be good... lol
big long arms attached to the height adjusters [for leverage] could lift it as You near the driveway.. lol
Me? .. I just put My car up so the tyres wouldn't rub on the guard lips when turning..
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In Craig's defence he was going to help but didn't have the time,
I wouldn't think 60 is classed as a low profile. 50 yes.
Car sits on about 3400 in 4th at 100 on the freeway.
Thanks kev for the tip of reversing,unfortunately i park on the left side of my garage so doesn't allow for opening the door to get out,also if you saw the drive it's steep but it's just the gutter I was having issues with the rest is ok.
I have thought about changing the wheels but not sure what it would look like.i like fuchs but would like something different to main stream.so I guess I have to keep an eye out for something that fits the offset and Porsche stud pattern.
Maybe I'll find something at the nationals.(not entering so the car will be in the car park)
To a VW 60 series is low profile, stock tyres are 80 series and at 100km/h is doing almost bang on 3000rpm so you will find your highway fuel consumption will be alot better if you can get those revs back closer to stock.
