Nitron - ride height
Discussion
Please excuse my simpleton nature, I am not mechanically minded and the solution to the following maybe very simple. I hope it is. 
I had Nitrons fitted to the Griffith earlier this year. (Brilliant, incidentally) The car was set up for Sprinting, which hasn't happened this year due to lack of funds.
As it stands, the car is not set up at a particularly low ride height but I was given a tool to adjust ride height. A strangely shaped metal 'spanner' type affair.
Is it a simple case of getting underneath and turning a bolt with this tool to lower the ride height? Surely it isn't that simple ?
As the car stands at the moment, there is too much gap between the tyres and the top of the arches. Although undoubtedly set up well for Sprinting, it looks a bit naff for general road use and needs to be a touch lower for now until I can get back on track, as it were.
Please help.
I had Nitrons fitted to the Griffith earlier this year. (Brilliant, incidentally) The car was set up for Sprinting, which hasn't happened this year due to lack of funds.
As it stands, the car is not set up at a particularly low ride height but I was given a tool to adjust ride height. A strangely shaped metal 'spanner' type affair.
Is it a simple case of getting underneath and turning a bolt with this tool to lower the ride height? Surely it isn't that simple ?
As the car stands at the moment, there is too much gap between the tyres and the top of the arches. Although undoubtedly set up well for Sprinting, it looks a bit naff for general road use and needs to be a touch lower for now until I can get back on track, as it were.
Please help.
Yup, jack it up and turn it. Just doing it for looks will f
k up your handling though 
Measuring from the chassis to the ground it should be 145mm to the front of the front wishbone and 160mm to the rear of the rear wishbone.
ETA:
As a starting point...
k up your handling though Measuring from the chassis to the ground it should be 145mm to the front of the front wishbone and 160mm to the rear of the rear wishbone.
ETA:
As a starting point...
Edited by HRG. on Monday 10th August 17:21
If you change the ride height it will affect the geometry so you will need to have this reset, there will also be a small effect on the car's handling even after you have reset the static geometry.
If you want to lower the car without affecting the handling the only way to do it correctly is to move the suspension mounts on the chassis. Any other approach will affect the handling. It does seem fashionable to lower them for a more aggressive stance, but this is for looks rather than handling and the handling has probably suffered as a result.
If you want to lower the car without affecting the handling the only way to do it correctly is to move the suspension mounts on the chassis. Any other approach will affect the handling. It does seem fashionable to lower them for a more aggressive stance, but this is for looks rather than handling and the handling has probably suffered as a result.
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