Bodykit question on dropped ground clearance (i searched)
i got backed into by a soccermom the other day and im gonna need a new front bumper from my insurance. well i also figured id spend a few hundred more on a kit and have my dad install it when he paints my car over. my car is dropped with eibachi springs, i dont know if they are pro or sport ride or how to tell. assuming its the lower of the 2, and im on stock rims, how much lower should a kit make me to the ground? about how much lower to the ground is a kit versus your normal bumper, ss, etc?
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2000 prelude base i/h/fly
90 240sx ka-t
95 240sx ka-t
love my toys
satan_srv what about before and after kit? like approximately how much lower do you think clearance is with a kit. i was thinking of putting on an octane style kit and i didnt want to smash it up (new england loves potholes).right now nothing really touches on the body if i scrape its the guts of the car itself.
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2000 prelude base i/h/fly
90 240sx ka-t
95 240sx ka-t
love my toys
Originally posted by tastyratz satan_srv what about before and after kit? like approximately how much lower do you think clearance is with a kit. i was thinking of putting on an octane style kit and i didnt want to smash it up (new england loves potholes).right now nothing really touches on the body if i scrape its the guts of the car itself.
Originally posted by 4bidden No way are those Sportlines Joel! My sportlines completely swallow my front wheels, and extremely minimal to no wheel gap in the back.
You positive those arent Pro's?
The springs are red, those are sportlines aren't they?
anyways those are shopped wheels so maybe it looks funny here are the real wheels
i realize. i meant on average. for example, what is the difference with yours? or what around do they usually drop? thats what i meant. i know you wont know that specific one i was just curious about how much it affected you.
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90 240sx ka-t
95 240sx ka-t
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Car at stock height with 215/45/17 tires. It was on H&R Race springs before and only had less then an inch of ground clearance. Was so hard to drive around and find a gas station that doesn't have a steep ramp when it was on the H&Rs.
Last edited by GroundZero112; 03-05-2003 at 03:27 PM.
ground zero what would you say your ground clearance is now with the kit? it looks like its too low already to me. i dont know how my car would handle it. where did you get that kit? how much higher up do you sit with the 17 rims over stock rims?
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2000 prelude base i/h/fly
90 240sx ka-t
95 240sx ka-t
love my toys
Originally posted by tastyratz ground zero what would you say your ground clearance is now with the kit? it looks like its too low already to me. i dont know how my car would handle it. where did you get that kit? how much higher up do you sit with the 17 rims over stock rims?
Well, I don't know exactly but I think it's about 3 inches more or less. I got to measure it sometimes.
I got the front bumper from VIS Racing and the Black Widow sides and rear from GroundDesigns2000.
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Originally posted by Satan_SRV He didn't say his tire width....if the tires are 205/45/17 then ride height is the same as stock.
The tires are 215/45/17 so that gives me almost another centermeter of height.
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