How to tell if car is lowered
#1
How to tell if car is lowered
I'm 99% sure the TA I bought is lowered. Is there any measurement that I could take with different wheels and tires on the car that I could compare to stock ride height? Waiting for this weekend to get the car on my father in laws lift to do a visual on the springs, but if that fails I'm going to be left trying to figure out for sure if it's lowered. Unfortunately the different wheels and tires I understand makes it hard to compare to stock so I didn't know if there was some kind of measurement I could take on the shock itself to compare. Any bright ideas?
#2
I'm 99% sure the TA I bought is lowered. Is there any measurement that I could take with different wheels and tires on the car that I could compare to stock ride height? Waiting for this weekend to get the car on my father in laws lift to do a visual on the springs, but if that fails I'm going to be left trying to figure out for sure if it's lowered. Unfortunately the different wheels and tires I understand makes it hard to compare to stock so I didn't know if there was some kind of measurement I could take on the shock itself to compare. Any bright ideas?
#3
I'd start by seeing what color the springs are, and if you can see any tags (GM) or other markings on them.
And one way that might tell you quickly is a look at the LCA angles, assuming no brackets.
And one way that might tell you quickly is a look at the LCA angles, assuming no brackets.
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#4
Got the car on the lift and saw Eibach logos on the rear springs. The front was a little trickier since the Eibach logo was facing the rear. Had to get a little peaker mirror and spend a few minutes trying to get a good angle. Didn't find anything matching the numbers I pulled off the springs but I'm assuming if they're Eibach then they're definitely lowering springs.
#5
That's correct. Red or black? At least we can figure out roughly how much lower you are than stock, but you are definitely dropped, as Eibach doesn't do non-lowering springs.
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#7
So either one of the 4 Pro-kits (stupid there are that many, shows ignorance of this platform) or maybe a set of the SLP version. But some sort of lowering spring that won't have you absolutely decked.
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