Ride Height

[Mike Rainbird]

I'm i'n castle donington, is hard to say as mine is on standard wheels, it's the White one Paul at north Yorkshire breakers sold a few weeks ago, it's gutting I carnt use it!

Unless they are brand new, then I don't think they will offer any improvement, as they will have sagged by now. The only thing I could suggest is to fit 18" wheels, which would raise the car by around 20mm .

[Dave82]

It's goes done the drive fine with no or very slight exhaust rubbing it's just getting it out which is the problem, tonight was only the second time I've took it out!

[Dave82]

Unless they are brand new, then I don't think they will offer any improvement, as they will have sagged by now. The only thing I could suggest is to fit 18" wheels, which would raise the car by around 20mm .

Ha I wish I could afford that option!

[georgie1]

After trying a few different ways to get my escort of the drive without severve rubbing ive decided im not going to do it again and will need to raise the carfore i damage something! my car has koni suspension with Ab springs, does anyone know how much these lower the car by? And where is the best place to get standard springs from?

Thanks in Advance
Dave

have you got any pics m8 so we can see how low it sits

[Dave82]

I'm not very good with uploading pics (something I intend to learn) I could send them of my phone to your email adress?

Thanks for advice so far everyone

[maxest]

Georgia, just look at the pics on pauls for sale thread.

The car does sit low, but I do think your best option would be to go to 18" wheels

[Joe-Tait]

Pics to help



Its not really sitting that low, i would see if theres anything you can do with the exhaust

[Dave]

This is how they sit on std suspension and wheels

[Joe-Tait]

Room for a badger in the rear arch

[Dave]

Room for a badger in the rear arch

Yeah deffo

It didn't change much when I went to 18's either or 19's come to think of it, just tried looking for a pic with it on std suspension and 18's but they're on my home pc

[Dave]

Here you go

18's and std suspension

19's and std suspension

Tbh the 18's looked ok but the 19's looked all wrong

[The Radman]

Room for a badger in the rear arch

more like 2
i think your best bet would be to fit a diff exhaust,a magnex would give the best clearance or even a standard ford one as that way it will pass the mot as well and they are easier to find than magnex,mongoose ones hang very low and arent the best fit in the world
if you look in my resto thread theres a pic showing the clearance with a magnex,orig one would be the same too,and then compare it with yours

[Dave82]

Ok thanks, will look into it

[Mike Rainbird]

You might not even need to change the exhaust - if you heat the hangers up and bend them so that the bit that touches is moved further upwards - might be enough?

[RS 500 Registrar]

Or you could fit this suspension ,
Perfect for any drivway



Gutted for you Dave , I remember you were worried about this issue