Ground Clearance

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:36 am

Does anyone know the amount of ground clearance from the lowest point of the car (crossmember/sump I believe?) on stock suspension, rims and a stock kit? Bit of an odd question but eh.

Cheers

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:04 am

who in their right mind would still have a stock height fto?
would be rarer than hens teeth these days almost.
in any case, the blue car i got was stock height and lets say its a monster truck, wouldnt scrape on sh*t - id guess a good 160-170mm at least

ObsidianRadio · Post by **ObsidianRadio** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:40 am

I have stock springs but my Veilside bar still scrapes?

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:44 am

Taz wrote:who in their right mind would still have a stock height fto?
would be rarer than hens teeth these days almost.
in any case, the blue car i got was stock height and lets say its a monster truck, wouldnt scrape on sh*t - id guess a good 160-170mm at least

Me. Although the reason Im asking is because im getting Matt's apexi GT springs which lower the car by 70mm and I was hoping they didnt lower it to under 100mm off the ground. Having said that, I think it may just be lower than that. I think they may be borderline impractical and its also illegal here in NSW.

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:46 am

ObsidianRadio wrote:I have stock springs but my Veilside bar still scrapes?

Ah, theres your problem

silverGPX · Post by **silverGPX** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:15 am

Why didnt u just ask me dude?

The crossmember will sit 60mm off the ground

Technikhaus · Post by **Technikhaus** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:25 am

Still stock height here

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:35 pm

silverGPX wrote:Why didnt you just ask me dude?

The crossmember will sit 60mm off the ground

With the Apexi GTs? f**k thats lower than I thought hahaha!

Will have to keep stock ones for when I get defected

ZFL45H1 · Post by **ZFL45H1** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:53 pm

I'll look at my lowest point tomorrow mate I'm pretty sure I'm below 100mm at lowest point ever been pulled over for it and if I have been pulled over they never said anything

Post by **dstocks** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:58 pm

You will have a LOT of problems with carparks/driveways at that height.

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:11 pm

dstocks wrote:You will have a LOT of problems with carparks/driveways at that height.

Yeah that's what im worried about. That and the fact that its not just a couple mm under the 100mm law, it'll be real obvious.

Ahhh!

Sahin · Post by **Sahin** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:22 pm

Remember that's at the cross member so it won't be that obvious..

ZFL45H1 · Post by **ZFL45H1** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:27 pm

dstocks wrote:You will have a LOT of problems with carparks/driveways at that height.

I do

Post by **dstocks** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:30 pm

I have 12cm clearance on the front bar and I can only get out of the driveway at work in one direction. 6 cm is half that..... The clearance of the cross member is not the best indicator as it is in-between the wheels though. What you really want to know is what your front bar clearance will be. If its less that 12cm, you are really going to have problems.

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:30 pm

dstocks wrote:I have 12cm clearance on the front bar and I can only get out of the driveway at work in one direction. 6 cm is half that..... The clearance of the cross member is not the best indicator as it is in-between the wheels though. What you really want to know is what your front bar clearance will be. If its less that 12cm, you are really going to have problems.

Is that with your custom front bar? With stock I dare say it should be OK.

@Sahin - If a cop is going to be an asshole and really wants to defect someone, then they can and will check all points under the car which is what I'm worried about.

Sahin · Post by **Sahin** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:32 pm

Daniel2019 wrote:
dstocks wrote:I have 12cm clearance on the front bar and I can only get out of the driveway at work in one direction. 6 cm is half that..... The clearance of the cross member is not the best indicator as it is in-between the wheels though. What you really want to know is what your front bar clearance will be. If its less that 12cm, you are really going to have problems.
Is that with your custom front bar? With stock I dare say it should be OK.

@Sahin - If a cop is going to be an asshole and really wants to defect someone, then they can and will check all points under the car which is what I'm worried about.

Pussy

Post by **kiz** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:07 pm

Technikhaus wrote:Still stock height here

Same here. Haven't touched suspension since I got it

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:14 pm

Sahin wrote:
Daniel2019 wrote:
dstocks wrote:I have 12cm clearance on the front bar and I can only get out of the driveway at work in one direction. 6 cm is half that..... The clearance of the cross member is not the best indicator as it is in-between the wheels though. What you really want to know is what your front bar clearance will be. If its less that 12cm, you are really going to have problems.
Is that with your custom front bar? With stock I dare say it should be OK.

@Sahin - If a cop is going to be an asshole and really wants to defect someone, then they can and will check all points under the car which is what I'm worried about.
Pussy

Not saying I'm not gonna put the springs in, I'm just wondering how many extra shifts I'm gonna have to pick up to pay for all these incoming defect notices

ZFL45H1 · Post by **ZFL45H1** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:23 am

Daniel2019 wrote:
Sahin wrote:
Daniel2019 wrote:
dstocks wrote:I have 12cm clearance on the front bar and I can only get out of the driveway at work in one direction. 6 cm is half that..... The clearance of the cross member is not the best indicator as it is in-between the wheels though. What you really want to know is what your front bar clearance will be. If its less that 12cm, you are really going to have problems.
Is that with your custom front bar? With stock I dare say it should be OK.

@Sahin - If a cop is going to be an asshole and really wants to defect someone, then they can and will check all points under the car which is what I'm worried about.
Pussy
Not saying I'm not gonna put the springs in, I'm just wondering how many extra shifts I'm gonna have to pick up to pay for all these incoming defect notices

a lot

Post by **Vectose** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:33 am

With Dwayne's bar, I can just barely get out of my garage without it scraping twice! Once at the top and once at the bottom. Have to angle it a lot so it doesn't scrape. The lowest point of the bar is 12cm.

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