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Old 15th March 2010, 09:13 PM
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Can anyone advise on ride height please. The car we are building appears very low, not put the engine and box in yet !
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Old 15th March 2010, 09:15 PM
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Is the car you are building a Roadster?

if so, you are looking for about 4 to 5 inches of ground clearance from the tarmac to the bottom face of the bottom chassis rails.

hope that helps.

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Old 15th March 2010, 10:31 PM
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Can anyone advise on ride height please. The car we are building appears very low, not put the engine and box in yet !
Just wait till you first drive it when you're looking up at truck tyres or kids on bikes, then it seems low.

But yes Handy is correct, 4 to 5 at front and 1" higher at the rear.

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mine is 120mm front about 135mm at the back.
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Old 16th March 2010, 08:49 AM
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mine is 120mm front about 135mm at the back.
Not when I get in it, it aint.....
Had loads of probs getting mine higher at the back than the front.
125mm at the front,..... back.....hmmmm
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Old 16th March 2010, 06:13 PM
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Thanks that helps a lot. Many thanks for all your post

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Thanks that helps a lot. Many thanks for all your post

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What! Another Andy! Right, we're going to have to cap the number of Andy's on the Forum. I'll think of some alternative names and the next Andy to join will just have to be called Sandra or Julian.
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What! Another Andy! Right, we're going to have to cap the number of Andy's on the Forum. I'll think of some alternative names and the next Andy to join will just have to be called Sandra or Julian.
lol will that be an "andy capp" think we need to get a couple of flows on board
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