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    Totally stock cars with LOW ride height

    05-19-2012 08:53 PM #1
    I saw the "Totally stock cars with high ride height" thread. I think some cars are pretty low from the factory, with little to no wheel gap. Anyone know why? Is it an aerodynamic thing? Looks, perhaps? Handling? I know the Honda civic HFP is sort of a sports package, so Idk if that counts, but.. Here are my contributions.
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    05-19-2012 09:07 PM #2
    Wheel gap =/= ride height.
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    05-19-2012 09:57 PM #3
    the latest Civic SI is the opposite of your thread title



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    05-19-2012 10:04 PM #4
    my totally stock e46

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    05-19-2012 10:20 PM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by BRealistic View Post
    Wheel gap =/= ride height.
    How do you translate that to dubber?
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    never thought once to use my lefty for the brake. sorry in my opinion it is dumb.
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    05-19-2012 10:29 PM #7
    Quote Originally Posted by leaftye View Post
    How do you translate that to dubber?
    Sorry.. when I think ride height, I think ground clearance not wheel gap.
    You can put huge wheels on a stock car and have full wheel wells but a high ride height.

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    05-19-2012 10:32 PM #8
    Whenever I think totally stock with LOW ride height, I go straight to this.



    Bone stock. Blown air suspension.

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    05-19-2012 10:35 PM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by 200HP4dr View Post
    Whenever I think totally stock with LOW ride height, I go straight to this.



    Bone stock. Blown air suspension.

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    I used to have a friend that had one exactly like that (hand me down from her parents).
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    I was able to find a coil spring kit online, and she had that installed which fixed the issue.
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    05-19-2012 10:44 PM #10
    Quote Originally Posted by BRealistic View Post
    Sorry.. when I think ride height, I think ground clearance not wheel gap.
    You can put huge wheels on a stock car and have full wheel wells but a high ride height.
    Understood. My car comes with low ride height, but lots of wheel gap.
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    never thought once to use my lefty for the brake. sorry in my opinion it is dumb.
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    05-19-2012 11:00 PM #11
    Low ride height from the factory would be something like a VW New Beetle.

    Small wheel gap from the factory would be something like a BMW E92 M3.
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    05-19-2012 11:25 PM #13
    stock c6 z06

    i hear people get an extra lip when they are in stock, because you constantly snag it on something
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    05-19-2012 11:26 PM #14

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    05-19-2012 11:31 PM #15
    My bone stock crz scrapes in places my lowered (2.5") mkv gti didn't.
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    05-20-2012 12:14 AM #16
    Quote Originally Posted by GoRacers View Post
    My bone stock crz scrapes in places my lowered (2.5") mkv gti didn't.
    Difference in front overhang + approach angle.
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    05-20-2012 12:17 AM #17
    Quote Originally Posted by Spdmini View Post
    Difference in front overhang + approach angle.
    Exactly.



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    05-20-2012 12:28 AM #19
    GM is king of the front under-bumper spoiler that scrapes on everything and annoys the living daylights out of you. Bothered me in the Corvette, and apparently it migrated to the Volt...

    The center portion is flexible and hinged, but most of the time this piece ends up haggard and ugly.



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    05-20-2012 12:30 AM #20
    My first part time job was at an oil change. The only car type that we had that would come in stock that we couldn't change on was C5 Corvette. The front air dam is reaaaally low. We tried unsuccessfully to get them over the pit.

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    05-20-2012 12:30 AM #21
    Quote Originally Posted by sforsancho View Post
    GM is king of the front under-bumper spoiler that scrapes on everything and annoys the living daylights out of you. Bothered me in the Corvette, and apparently it migrated to the Volt...

    The center portion is flexible and hinged, but most of the time this piece ends up haggard and ugly.
    Good thing it's cheap and easy to replace.
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    05-20-2012 12:50 AM #22
    Quote Originally Posted by bubbagti View Post
    First thing I thought of.
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    Funny the OP posted the MK6 GTI....since it was also in the other thread....

    Granted, the EU vs US version probably addressed that issue...
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    05-20-2012 01:30 AM #25




    pretty low
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    05-20-2012 01:55 AM #26
    What a terribly stupid thread.
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    05-20-2012 02:07 AM #27
    Haven't seen anything low yet







    My friends 20th. It was pretty much stock.


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    05-20-2012 04:55 AM #28
    Quote Originally Posted by emkaytree View Post
    Yeah,that one look like it roll right out of the factory with stock suspension.
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    05-20-2012 06:56 AM #29
    I noticed this the other day with my buddie's Volt...
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