S2 Ride Height
Discussion
Ground clearance is listed as 140mm or 5.6 inches in old money.. but I bet this is dry, and unloaded as I'm sure I have less than that. Are you sure your exhaust is tucked up as far as possible. Mine had thos awful "U" clamps and the bolts kept hitting the ground and twisting. I have now replaced them with band clamps and that gave me another 1/2 inch or so.
allanbyrne said:
150mm is 5.9 inches. Isn't ride height normally (and easily) measured at the sills, at 2 points front and back.
its measured from the chasis rails as these are a true reflection of how the car sits on the ground. The body sits on the chasis and is not always but on level.
Hi Allan -the 5.6 inches I mentioned came from the Parkersteve website dimensions section... take a look:
www.parkersteve.dsl.pipex.com/sparts.html#dimensions
I hope this clarifies
kevin
www.parkersteve.dsl.pipex.com/sparts.html#dimensions
I hope this clarifies
kevin
Hi I changed the shocks and springs to all 4 corners on my S3 this winter. The originals were very tired koni's along with a broken spring for encouragement!
The new AVO's are adjustable so with the adjuster at full length you just drop in the new ( different to the original ) spring without the need for a spring compressor then adjust back up to give you the road height of your desire.
I was advised 165mm front in line with the front hub on the main chassis box ie clearance box to ground and 10mm more on the rear.
Hope this helps
Mark
The new AVO's are adjustable so with the adjuster at full length you just drop in the new ( different to the original ) spring without the need for a spring compressor then adjust back up to give you the road height of your desire.
I was advised 165mm front in line with the front hub on the main chassis box ie clearance box to ground and 10mm more on the rear.
Hope this helps
Mark
allanbyrne said:
So what should the height be 7", 150mm, or 5.6". Mine measures 7" front 7 1/4" rae, so I guess thats okay, I wouldn't want it any lower. My front pipe on the exhaust is at low only 3" clearance, lower when I get in. Photos I have seen suggests this is normal.
That means you are dropping 2/3 of your ride height 3"-1" those spring really are tired,may be wothr a quick check tht your front tyres on the inner edge havent been rubbing on cornering and worn, mine had.
Hoover. said:
As a thought have a look at the exhaust and see if there is anyway off getting it tighter to the car.... ie has it slipped down the down pipe a bit ?????
It could go up at least an inch with the front pipe, I will try tommorrow. Getting under these cars is a bit of a s*d, I am used to Land Rovers with 35" wheels, where you can walk around underneath on tiptoe. Any tips if you dont have a 4 post lift or a pit, someone should invent a scaffold or something!
AllanByrne said:
Hoover. said:
As a thought have a look at the exhaust and see if there is anyway off getting it tighter to the car.... ie has it slipped down the down pipe a bit ?????
It could go up at least an inch with the front pipe, I will try tommorrow. Getting under these cars is a bit of a s*d, I am used to Land Rovers with 35" wheels, where you can walk around underneath on tiptoe. Any tips if you dont have a 4 post lift or a pit, someone should invent a scaffold or something!
For christmas my son bought me a fantastic trolley jack from Machine Mart, it drops down very low and has a good lift height (incidentally it also fits very easily under his lowered golf GTI, Coincidence??) but still a really usefull tool as it goes under the main rails even with a nice length of 2" wood above it to spread the load.
I would also recommend a set of wheeled Dollys as below, makes access easier and also really easy to push out of the way in the garage, an extra metre in front of a workbench makes all the difference.
ps the dolly's are bread tray trolleys cut down with angle iron across to support the wheels,cost £5 pair (see your local bread delivery driver)
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