Uneven lowered height

**spacepants_fb** · 22-01-2008 11:20 AM

Hi everyone. I've bought an eg that has been lowered with lovell springs. The funny thing is, the front seems to be lower than the rear. The front has a half finger gap from the wheel arch to the actual tyre, where as the rear has about a 1/1/2 to 2 finger gap from tyre to wheel arch. Is this normal and if so, what are my options to even out the ride height (so that the rear is at 1/2 finger gap also)? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

**Riced_Civic** · 22-01-2008 03:07 PM

get lower springs at the back

**bennjamin** · 22-01-2008 06:49 PM

Hopefully the next set will be more "consistant" in drop Mr spacepants

BTW cars should always be alittle lower at the front than the rear ~ its pretty normal on aftermarket springs

**JohnL** · 22-01-2008 07:25 PM

You could take out the rubber spring cushions in the rear struts, give you roughly a 1cm drop, at the possible expense of a slight increase in harshness.

Personally I quite like the look of a slightly lower front than rear ride height, and in theory having the rear a little higher creates a tad more weight transfer at the rear reducing understeer a weeny bit. Also in theory it reduces lift, to a tiny degree at speeds you shouldn't be driving at!

**[ricer]** · 22-01-2008 07:47 PM

id be worried if the left and right sides of the car werent the same lol

front and back is okay... unless its like stupid low at the front or back and raised at the other end..

**VTi_b0i** · 22-01-2008 07:53 PM

my car used to be like that b4 i got my coilovers... it handled great but everytime i looked at it i hated it lol

**SeverAMV** · 24-01-2008 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by JohnL

You could take out the rubber spring cushions in the rear struts, give you roughly a 1cm drop, at the possible expense of a slight increase in harshness.

Personally I quite like the look of a slightly lower front than rear ride height, and in theory having the rear a little higher creates a tad more weight transfer at the rear reducing understeer a weeny bit. Also in theory it reduces lift, to a tiny degree at speeds you shouldn't be driving at!

wouldnt it be slightly less weight transfer because more of the weight would be shifted to the front (if you have a high rear), resulting in less of the weight shifting to the full rear under acceleration?

it doesnt matter too much if your front is lower than your rear, should actually make it steer slightly better. but if your left is lower than your right or vice versa, get it fixed.

**spacepants_fb** · 24-01-2008 08:08 AM

Yeah it's just that everytime I look at it...the unevenness is a bit off-putting. Had the same problem with my ek before i put my coilovers. I may gett the springs at the back re-set at ozzytyres for now just to even out the height.

**spacepants_fb** · 24-01-2008 08:09 AM

oh and a totally unrelated question, can king springs that are fitted on ek1 shocks be fitted on eg shocks?

**JohnL** · 24-01-2008 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by SeverAMV

wouldnt it be slightly less weight transfer because more of the weight would be shifted to the front (if you have a high rear), resulting in less of the weight shifting to the full rear under acceleration?

Raising either the front or rear does in theory alter the static front / rear weight distribution, but even with quite a substantial change in height at either end any change in static weight distribution will be absolutely minimal. However, the afect on weight transfer of raising mass will be greater than the affect on static weight distribution.

Raising or lowering any part of the car will affect longitudinal weight transfer under acceleration or braking because raising or lowering any part of the car will alter the CG height. Raising the front or rear will increase lateral weight transfer for the same reason.

Raising say the rear may increase lateral weight transfer at the rear more so than at the front because the sprung mass at the rear has been raised more than it has been raised at the front, keeping in mind that if we raise the rear then any mass behind the front alxe line will also be raised to an increasing degree as we move from the front to the rear, and any mass in front of the front axle line will actually lower slightly. The degree to which a 1cm drop would afect things is pretty minimal.

**aaronng** · 24-01-2008 10:30 AM

Measure the height at the 4 corner jackpoints near the wheels. The height of the wheelarch depends on how well aligned the panels are (which is usually not good if it has had a repair before)