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Old 22nd April 2012, 08:44 AM
misty misty is offline
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Default Height Off The Gound

Hi all
I Have 205x40x17 wheels on the car and was wondering should i have bigger bigger on as the car is sitting approx 65mm off the floor ,I thought i had read somewhere the car should be approx 100 mm off the floor ,any advice please
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Old 22nd April 2012, 09:50 AM
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That does sound a tad low!

Have you got the correct length shocks?
If so you might want to wind up the pre-load.
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Old 22nd April 2012, 10:41 AM
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Default Ground clearence.

Most people with 7 replica's use 125mm front, 150mm rear for road use = chassis to ground.
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