IIUC the compliance plate isn’t 100% accurate in identifying subtle differences in the suspension tune between models with outwardly the same factory suspension packages.
For example, both the Motorsport Edition and the Director Edition have FE3 listed on the compliance plate. IIRC both have the same MRC suspension and calibration but the Director has a softer rear subframe bush.
Such subtleties are academic if one is only interested in ride height comparisons as seems the case for the OP. In that context the FE version can be related to ride height but aftermarket springs and shocks can achieve a desired ride height.
For anyone interested in subtleties between the bushes, sway bars, shocks and springs for the various FE tunes, such factors only shows up on VIN parts search and only if the original parts haven’t been supeceeded by the mass produced lower tune parts… which will be a problem going forward….
So i wonder if the stiffer Motorsport edition subframe bush have been obsoleted yet and replaced with the redline or even evoke subframe bush…
PS: for ride heights, the RVD has such info specified within the suspension data sextion of the doc. Various docs are available for the model variant while some docs include a few variances within the one doc… There is no reference to the FE tune within the RVD.
Here’s an example
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