After a favour. Vantage ride heights please.

[milu]

Looking to get a bigger picture of the ride height of various models of Vantage 5-18yr
Before fitting my coil overs last year I took measurements of standard,front and rear
I measured top of rim to wheel arch at central point but anywhere will do for purposes of building a broad picture of the height across different models.
I measured in my garage which is pretty flat but not necessarily level so can get a mixed picture.
I used a vernier calliper to measure the relative short distance from top of rim
Obviously rim diameter is important but most will be 19” I guess

Thanks from a saddo who likes info lol

Edited by milu on Monday 5th April 14:30

Edited by milu on Monday 5th April 15:49

[Graze01]

Milu

2017 V12VS on 19" wheels

115mm top of rim to u/s guard at front, 120mm at rear

hope thats what you wanted

Graze

[john ryan]

Milu, could I suggest you measure wheel centre to wheel arch - this would not be sensitive to rim diameter. Also change the thread title to something searchable. I'll measure mine later today.

[Dewi 2]

2009 V8V

Front = 4.75"
Rear. = 5.0"

I didn't know before, but perhaps a rear rake car.
That is a current topic of conversation, within the Aston Martin F1 team.

[LTP]

Conditions cold, car measured cold, stood on a pretty level concrete floor. Each corner bounced once. Car is RHD V8V Coupe 4.7 SSII 19" wheels. Sides are defined looking forward. Fuel tank is about 80% full.

LR - 122 mm
RR - 121 mm
LF - 119 mm
RF - 117 mm

I double-checked the front as I was surprised but it was consistent. The problem you may have with this measurement technique is the rim diameter is the face where the bead of the tyre fits - there is no guarantee that the height from the bead surface to the tip of the rim will be the same between wheel styles.

edited to add
So, to help, I also measured the wheel rim diameter - 523 mm. And I forgot, the car is 2015 UK spec

Edited by LTP on Monday 5th April 16:45

[milu]

Thanks everyone,much appreciated
I realise it’s not a perfect measurement method
The wheel centre point is a good way if you can be sure you’ve definitely found the true centre
Anyway it give a general picture
My car was quite different left to right before I started work but it could be my garage floor at fault

[LTP]

milu said:

Thanks everyone,much appreciated
I realise it’s not a perfect measurement method
The wheel centre point is a good way if you can be sure you’ve definitely found the true centre

Let "vertical distance between outer edge of wheel rim and wheelarch" be A
Let "wheel rim outer edge diameter" be B
Then "wheelarch to hub centre" = (B/2 + A)

[milu]

Thanks for editing title. I couldn’t see how

[Jon39]

milu said:

Thanks for editing title. I couldn’t see how

I think only the PH moderators can do that.

The only way I have done it, is to copy the text, start a new topic, paste text then delete the original topic.
Obviously too late after others have started to add their posts.

[Scrump]

Yes, title editing is something only mods can do.

[milu]

I’m currently 102.5 rear and 92.5 after converting back to a 19” wheel spec
So around 10mm rake(8mm on one side)
I started off with approx 6mm rake standard
Looking at the other numbers given I think a bit of levelling wouldn’t hurt
Might go up a bit at front rather than down at back. Although I’ve not dropped much anyway really. I think the various springs available are lower still

[john ryan]

2007 V8V wheel centre to arch, half tank of fuel, front 395, rear 390

[Jon39]

john ryan said:

2007 V8V wheel centre to arch, half tank of fuel, front 395, rear 390

I think all the figures submitted so far show a slightly greater gap/distance at the rear. Mine is a quartrr of an inch more on either side. Your car is the other way round, with slightly more gap at the front.

I don't expect it makes any noticeable difference at all though.

[milu]

Jon39 said:

john ryan said:

2007 V8V wheel centre to arch, half tank of fuel, front 395, rear 390

I think all the figures submitted so far show a slightly greater gap/distance at the rear. Mine is a quartrr of an inch more on either side. Your car is the other way round, with slightly more gap at the front.

I don't expect it makes any noticeable difference at all though.

Seems higher overall too??