Axle Height, How low is your teen? Options

[BMartin914]

Just finished installing a set of turbo tie rods and adjusted the ride height and toe afterward. Axle height is per my Haynes manual 3.5" - 3.75" = a(center of wheel cap to road surface) - b(center of torsion bar cap to road surface) and looks REALLY high.

Front wheels have significantly more fender gap than the rear.

I am trying to get it adjusted to a good ride height before I go for an alignment. Is it best to just try and get the front and rear fender gap as close as possible?

What do you have your axle height set at for optimum ROAD performance? Best compromise between handling, tire wear and stance.

Any suggestions are more than welcome. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

Ben

[Andyrew]

Erm...

I have three fingers of ground clearance.... so one and a half inches or so..

lol, ya... I've got to do something about it... (stupid exhaust... comes right under the engine.....)

Putting in a one inch spacer in the rear suspension... Till some 180 lb springs show up for sale cheap...


Wait, you mean theres suposed to be a tire/ fender gap?

I had my rear of the car a little bit higher than the front.. The rake was actually pretty nice.. Gave me good view of the road, great for sweapers.....

Hanes manual.. ie stock, is very high.... I hate the ride highth...

I'd say turn the t bar one turn on both sides (cant remember which direction..) and see how you like it there..

Tire wear will come into effect when the camber is changed...

Once you get it set to the heigth you want, get it aligned to the specks you want... Profesionally..

Cant help you much on numbers... I'd say go for 3in.. maybe 2 1/2.

Andrew