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Opinion: Is this too low?
After days of fighting with my new Neatrix bushings, I have finally have the car on the ground and made an appointment to align and corner balance. I centered my spring plates before re-installing, but I think I'm .250" to .500" too low. I want to re-index the bars myself, saving me from paying my mechanic from doing it. I only have two days to get it done if I decide to re-index.
What do y'all think: Before at stock ride height     Now this is 25" front and 24.5" rear with a full tank of gas:     I want to make sure I keep my 1 degree or so of positive rake. But should I go back up to euro ride height? Some opinions would be very helpful! Sorry for taking up so much space. Thanks for your time. Weaver
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10-11-2005, 11:57 AM
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Looks good to me. Mine is at the same height.....or was before I pulled it apart.
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Looks Great. Same height as my Carrera. The 76 sits even lower.
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10-11-2005, 12:02 PM
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Looks close enough for the mechanic to dial it in from this point. I run mine at that height, and I have larger wheels 17" front and rear. It looks great and functions better, too (lower CG is better for handling, as long as you don't encounter clearance issues). I ran at the track last weekend and didn't have any rubbing issues either.
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10-11-2005, 12:03 PM
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i like the look!! just a little bit of tuck in the rear with out making it look too squatty!
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I love the look! Good Job
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looks great to me too. Nice (rear) plate.
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Rear looks good. I would go a bit lower on the front if you think you can get away with it...
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10-11-2005, 12:33 PM
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looks about perfect to me.
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I think it looks awesome! I would lower the front just a bit...
OT - I think front rubber lip would complete the look on your spoiler, or, I have a great spoiler that would fit onto your car and give you that aggressive DP look while retaining the fogs.. 
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Looks just right!!
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I agree, looks great.
I think that the red tow hooks at the front of your car are going to be a problem. I see them getting ripped off are damaged. Doesnt really have much wth the ride height, just an observaton.
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Thanks to everyone who has replied! I thought I was going to get blasted for being too low, but the positive replies made me feel better. At times I think it looks to low, but that might be because of the rocker panels being off. I'm going to check the cars rake tonight. I was going to use the door sills for that, does that sound correct?
DByers: You might be right about the tow hooks. The stock hooks were ground to a pulp by the PO and I went with the red ones after a tow truck driver hooked the flat bed chain to my a/c condensor nerf bar! Weaver
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What size wheels and tires are you running? That looks great, when I lower my car I'm going to go for something like what you have.
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Yours looks better than mine. I think you nailed it. Now I want to lower mine some more. In the front I can barely get 0° camber. I don't snag parking curbs though. It's a street car.
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7" & 9" factory Fuchs with 205/55-16 & 245/45-16 B-Stone S-03 tyres. This is an intresting combo.....read my second post on this thread:
Need some opinions please..... well really, read the whole thread!
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looks perfect
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Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect!
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10-11-2005, 03:45 PM
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I would lower the front end. When the tank is empty the front might be too high.
Oh yea your car looks great. Dean
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