Can somebody tell me why my car is 2cm higher than it should be on super low springs?

[RiCeY]

Mines 33cm from centre of rim to wheel arch on the rear and 34cm at the front. Doesnt hit stops even on big bumps.

Thrashed out strut top bushes/bearings will lower the car as the bush compresses. My bushes/bearings are brand new with the above measurements. If you renew yours it will raise the front, by how much depends on how much the bushes are compressed.

 

[troykinsvt]

just measured mine from hubcentre to guard 33.3 approx ,

 

[סּ_סּ]

Meh, I don't feel very keen on spending money to lower my car 1cm.

Can you guys measure from the ground to the guard for me?

I remeasured. 34cm hub to guard and 66.5 from the ground to the guard.

 

[RiCeY]

Front 64.5 rear 64

 

[סּ_סּ]

29.5 hub to guard for the rear and from the ground its 61.5

Weird our our fronts are so different - prob because im on 20's - but its still confusing as we have the same hub to guard measurements...

 

[RiCeY]

Im on 19s 245/35

When I installed new strut top bushes it raised the car a few cms at the front. They were compressed a fair bit.

 

[RiCeY]

My hub to guard measurements may have been a bit off, hard to find the centre of the wheel with the big VE centrecaps haha

 

[סּ_סּ]

Same here its annoying.

Yeah strut tops or whatever theyre called. Did you get red ones? They are higher than the standard commodore ones by 1cm+.

Im on 225/35.

 

[RiCeY]

Same here its annoying.

Yeah strut tops or whatever theyre called. Did you get red ones? They are higher than the standard commodore ones by 1cm+.

Im on 225/35.

nah I work at Holden so I got genuines cheap. They did well the first time around so I figured why change

 

[סּ_סּ]

I am considering changing them as it would be cheaper than lowering my car more (Plus the ones I have are apparently **** as they have no flex). But the labour cost is essentially the same.

How much does Holden charge for original ones?