Reply to "Ride height"

Hey Mike, I took a few measurements on my car tonight. My rear tires are 27.1” tall and fronts are 25.3”. These are calculated heights but they measure about 1/2" less than that as near as I can tell. Dennis Quella did the body work on my car and when we discussed ride height, I essentially chose the wheel and tire size, asked him to set the rear lower control arms parallel to the ground, have slight down rake to the front of the car, and then hang the flares about the wheels. That’s pretty much how it sits today. My tow hooks are long gone so I wouldn’t know how far they down they were but if you take a look in the picture below:

“A” is the bottom of the rear cross member = 5.25”
“B” is the lowest point on the frame rail = 5”
“C” is the subframe just behind front wheel = 4.5”
“D” is to the lowest point on the valance, about the same for the chin spoiler = 4.25”

If your hooks are lower than your frame rails we may not be talking much difference between our cars but even an 1" can be non-trivial. I do have to be very careful on driveway curbs. I unusually try to get a wheel up first entering and leaving at angles. I have drug the chin spoiler several times on curbs but never tagged anything while driving yet.

-My 2 cents.