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    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.
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    just measured mine from hubcentre to guard 33.3 approx ,
    stroking is fine but id rather be blown

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    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.

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    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...

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    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.
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    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
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by סּ_סּ View Post
    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
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    I am considering changing them as it would be cheaper than lowering my car more (Plus the ones I have are apparently shit as they have no flex). But the labour cost is essentially the same.

    How much does Holden charge for original ones?

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    Im off this week will find out on Monday when I go back. I cant even remember what I paid for mine and it was only a couple of months ago..
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