The reason why a car will never measure the exact same height every time it's moved is because of various different factors:

1. Differences in levelness of road you are parking on - for example, your driveway would typically be slanted away from your house or, if you parallel park, the curbside would be lower than the middle of the road. These things cause the car to lean more towards one side or more towards the front or the back.

2. Depending on what you are doing when you stop, the car may lean more towards one side or the other. For example, if you are moving forward and then come to a stop, the front end would dip down a bit more than the rear. Conversely, if you back up and stop, the back may dip down a bit.

3. Other things can affect how level your suspension sits as well - like if you're turning left into a parking space and stop, the weight transfer may cause the right side of the car to be a bit lower than the left.

4. Amt of gas you put in your car can cause the rear of the car to vary as much as 1/2" from empty to full. This will also slightly affect the front of the car as well.

5. Air in your tires can also affect ride height if the tires are not pumped up to the same pressure left to right.

Because of all these factors, when I want to get as accurate of a measure of my ride height as possible, I always do it in the exact same area and with as close to the exact same amt of gas as possible (full tank is easiest to do this) and pulling in and stopping in the exact same manner. I also measure from the center of the rim to the top of the wheel well so that things like tire and rim sizes, tire pressure, etc. is taken out of the equation.

Pretty ****, I know. But this was what I would do back when I was adjusting the ride height with coilovers on my other car. With lowering springs, it's not a big deal b/c there are no options to adjust the height.

 

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

Thanks for the explaination, it helped a lot.

 

Hopefully someone can help me out with this....

Rear Spc camber just came in. Should I have it installed when I put my rims on in 3 weeks or is it that nessessary to put it on asap after a drop?

 

Looks good man!

 

Just put it on just before (or when) you get your next alignment.

 

How goes the drop? any new reviews or thoughts? :P

 

I'll try to post more pics today, but it looks like its going to rain. Having rims installed in 2 weeks so ill be sure to start a new thread then

 

went to a few local shops today, a guy told me he has to install the camber and give me an alignment with my winter wheels on cuz he doesnt want to leave a mark or anything on my rims. Then hes gonna proceed with mounting the tires on the wheels and put them on and tire balance afterwards.

 

Nice Drop...But need some new wheels lol....

 

yeahh its just the winter setup

 

hey eug,
got a request, it'll help everyone here dropped wth prokits...

Can you please measure your rear drop for me, from the center of the rim's center cap to the bottom lip edge of your fender with your stock 17's.
I put boosters on the rear of mine to lift it up a little and I'm curious how much it lifted it, as I forgot to measure before I put them on. This way it will give everyone an idea of the possible lift should anyone be as **** as me with the 'sag look'.

 

just took measurements on both sides, its about 32 cm from the top of the center cap to the bottom lip edge of the fender on both sides. My garage is not completely level so this might have an effect on the measurement. Ohh and I just filled the gas tank up last night. hope this helps

 

cool, thanks eug,
i'll get my measurements soon and do the comparison.

 

Eug - are you gonna get the front SPC camber kit as well?