Ride Height

Meester Teem · Subject: Ride Height Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:49 pm

My new insurance company, Sureterm, want to know exactly how far my van has been lowered. As the wack with the lowering stick took place just before I bought the van, I don't know exactly how far. I just know that it fits in my garage.

So, I wondered if one of you kind owners of a completely stock ride height bay window could answer the following question....

What's the distance between the horizontal center-line of one front wheel and the bottom edge of the wheel arch lip directly above it?

Idea

If I know this dimension for a stock bay, then I can calculate how far my bay has been lowered. I just hope there's one non-lowered bay out there.

Fingers crossed.

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baja 69 · Subject: Re: Ride Height Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:30 am

my bay is stock so i will measure my bay for you later today, i think i might have to evict the pikeys that have set up camp under my wheel arches first!!

nomates · Subject: Re: Ride Height Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:36 pm

just tell them 40mm ......they will never check

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Meester Teem · Subject: Re: Ride Height Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:10 pm

Baja69, I'm holding my breath.... Embarassed

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Wurz · Subject: Re: Ride Height Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:32 pm

mines stock height. i'll measure it tonight bud.

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nomates · Subject: Re: Ride Height Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:35 pm

you could of had the form posted off by now .....if you took my advice .....How could they ever check ,most cars (old ones) sit at different heights when stock

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baja 69 · Subject: Re: Ride Height Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:23 pm

i forgot all about it
44cm

tango_van · Subject: Re: Ride Height Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:43 pm

have you factored in how much weight you have on board... lol!

Meester Teem · Subject: Re: Ride Height Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:22 pm

Thanks for the answer Baja 69 Very Happy

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nomates · Subject: Re: Ride Height Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:33 pm

are you on standard rims now , timmy?

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Meester Teem · Subject: Re: Ride Height Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:53 pm

Yes, lovely standard steel rims for me. The ride quality is far better. Which is good for campsites and very steep twisty-turny Welsh roads. And, I get to keep my fillings.

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nomates · Subject: Re: Ride Height Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:46 pm

so how much lower was yours to stephan's then?

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Meester Teem · Subject: Re: Ride Height Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:57 pm

My van is 4.1 inches lower than stock. It's nice to finally know.

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nomates · Subject: Re: Ride Height Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:15 pm

Thats about 125mm ....if you use the metric system , which britain changed to in 1978 LOL

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baja 69 · Subject: Re: Ride Height Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:15 am

did it affect the premium, i want to lower mine as it handles like a jelly at the mo but i dont want to pay loads more for insuring it as it only does 3k miles a year