View Poll Results: Ground Clearance with TDs

Less then 3 in.

13.64%

About 3 in.

18.18%

About 4 in.

18.18%

About 5 in.

27.27%

About 6 in. or more

22.73%

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Ground clearance with TDs

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Jun 8, 2007 | 09:13 AM

Kavslayer

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Ground clearance with TDs

What do you guys have for ground clearance with your TDs?

Jun 8, 2007 | 10:26 AM

jmm98LS1

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~3" and I'm lowered ~1.75".

Jun 8, 2007 | 10:51 AM

tylerdj

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I had about 4" with TSP duals.

Jun 8, 2007 | 05:42 PM

bww3588

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i got around 5-6 inches....but that took a lot of work to make them fit right.

Jun 9, 2007 | 01:28 PM

Jakson

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~3" with Lanes X on 120k sagged suspension

Jun 9, 2007 | 05:45 PM

Z28/2002

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I had about 5" on my old Z which was stock ride height

Jun 9, 2007 | 05:50 PM

sportsaddict_21

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2 or 3inches

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Jun 9, 2007 | 08:07 PM

Kavslayer

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? for you guys with 3 inchs or so do you find your TDs hitting on speed bumps or sharp changes is the roads?

Jun 9, 2007 | 08:11 PM

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The Professor

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i never measured it. a better guage would be 1. great 2. tolerable 3. blows

with a lowered car, i'm somewhere between 2 and 3.

Jun 9, 2007 | 08:12 PM

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2.5's give me the clearance I was looking for.

Jun 10, 2007 | 12:40 AM

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Jakson

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kavslayer

? for you guys with 3 inchs or so do you find your TDs hitting on speed bumps or sharp changes is the roads?

If I'm by myself, I'm usually fine going down the road. With 2 more people in the car it scrapes every so often. A full car is out of the question, the stock suspension is pretty soft and wore out. If I get new/stiffer springs I would probably be fine. It does scrape on big speed bumps even by myself. Between trying to keep the 315s from rubbing the fenders, and keeping the exhaust from scraping, I really gotta watch where I go!

Jun 10, 2007 | 01:12 PM

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damn, why are you still on the stock shocks! I couldn't stand mine at 60k so I swapped on new ones and it made a huge difference. I can't even imagine what it would do for you!

Jun 10, 2007 | 03:45 PM

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Jakson

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Originally Posted by jimmypop13

damn, why are you still on the stock shocks! I couldn't stand mine at 60k so I swapped on new ones and it made a huge difference. I can't even imagine what it would do for you!

Yeah i def need some new ones, going to try to get some soon.

Jun 11, 2007 | 10:14 AM

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Silverhawk_02TA

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Somewhere between 5" and 6" with the TSP duals. Installation is key. Spend the extra time getting everything tucked up nice and tight and your clearance shouldn't be a problem.

Jun 12, 2007 | 09:23 AM

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over 6 inches easily.

Jun 12, 2007 | 12:08 PM

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about a soda can on the lowest part on my tsp's

Jun 13, 2007 | 12:47 AM

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Jakson

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All you guys with 5"+ suck!

Jun 13, 2007 | 02:48 AM

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most guys will tell you about a coke can size...

Jun 13, 2007 | 03:11 AM

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at first i was scraping everywhere with my TSP true duals and stock ride height...

went to the muffler shop and $30 later had them sitting about another 1-2" higher with the cut hangers and welded them up higher.

I should safely be around 5" at stock ride height and never scrape unless its a huge incline/decline.

thats tsp 3" true duals.

going to lower the car and get 17's so it should stay the same pretty much.