Clearance

[dodgy]

Does anyone know what the clearance is on the 3R. I am about to take my car to work but they have some speed bumps in the underground garage. I would like to see if I can clear them without experimenting!

Thanks

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

100-110mm (they vary a bit).

[JDH1]

Depends whether you're braking or accelerating in my experience. Get the acceleration right, and it's about 3 feet!

[MisterX]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

100-110mm (they vary a bit).

A little higher if tyres at max pressure and a little lower if under-inflated.

[chillidog]

It also depends if you have a passenger on-board at the time. Let me know how you manage to work it out as I just tend to grit my teeth and listen hard for the grating noise.

[MisterX]

chillidog said:

.... I just tend to grit my teeth and listen hard for the grating noise.

See a dentist?

[chillidog]

MisterX said:

chillidog said: .... I just tend to grit my teeth and listen hard for the grating noise. See a dentist?

I'd rather grit my teeth

[dodgy]

So what is the impact to the car if there are scrapes.... Having just read that it sounds like - how long is a piece of string.

Let me put it another way (I have a track pan) has anyone done any damage to their Noble going over these speed bumps in car parks/garages?

Dean mentioned a 4.5 inch clearence for us non metric types.

[MisterX]

dodgy said:

So what is the impact to the car if there are scrapes.... Having just read that it sounds like - how long is a piece of string. Let me put it another way (I have a track pan) has anyone done any damage to their Noble going over these speed bumps in car parks/garages? Dean mentioned a 4.5 inch clearence for us non metric types.

I have damaged the splitter on humps/kerbs, but not caused damage to the underside even though sometimes it sounds like something really bad has happened. Clearly it always sounds worse than it is.

[DanH]

I'm gonna get no max power cred now, but my car has been raised slightly Makes London a lot easier.

Dunno if I'll keep it like that or not as it was done by the previous owner. Fair chance that I will as I've still grounded out a bit.

[MisterX]

DanH said:

I'm gonna get no max power cred now, but my car has been raised slightly Makes London a lot easier. Dunno if I'll keep it like that or not as it was done by the previous owner. Fair chance that I will as I've still grounded out a bit.

Raised by how much, and does it look visibly higher (what I mean is would someone walking past think 'Oh, that Noble looks a bit high off the ground).

[AMG Merc]

DanH said:

I'm gonna get no max power cred now, but my car has been raised slightly Makes London a lot easier. Dunno if I'll keep it like that or not as it was done by the previous owner. Fair chance that I will as I've still grounded out a bit.

Dan, I'm no expert but I thought that raising a car's ride height is a complex matter (for example, the Noble is built to such specifics that the factory seems to suggest that you don't even change the tyres for other makes as this'll upset the handling - I know many people have though) so you might like to find out what was done to your M12 "off-roader"?! LOL

[DanH]

Its only raised by a very small amount by vegantune. They apparently do it for a lot of their London based customers. Just gives me a little bit more leeway with speed bumps or the bottom of hills (my other half managed to ground the splitter at the base of a hill the other week!)

Anyway the car was like that when I got it, but if you are interested give vegantune a bell. I never drove the car enough prior to being raised slightly to make a useful comparison.

As to it looking jacked up or something, no it doesn't it looks fine.

>> Edited by DanH on Wednesday 20th October 10:19