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Some thoughts from the peanut gallery:

As pointed out by JR (javadog), all US 84-89 3.2 Carreras came from the factory at the same height as the RoW cars. So true "euro height" is how your car was originally delivered.

But by today's standards, that factory height looks quite tall. Set your car to true "euro height" (108 mm front, 16 mm rear) and you can expect to look like you are preparing for the Paris-Dakar rally.

It's a fine line. My car came to me looking reasonably low, looked good but was bouncy feeling up front. After a few months I measured it, front was about 155 mm, rear at -30. We are talking about 2" lower than factory. I raised the front about 15 mm, made a big improvement in ride, since I suspect I got the car up off the bump stops.

For function, when I replace all the bushings over the winter, I'd like to think about bringing it up another 15 mm or so both ends. But for appearance, I don't know if I can bring myself to do it. I suppose I really ought to have the spindles raised, but would like to avoid the expense of that if possible.
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