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Lowered Vehicles Inside (Ground Clearance) Just curious what you guys lowest point is on the car and what clearance you have at that point.
For me, the lowest point are my bolt in DD SFCs, 3.5" of clearance without me in the car. I have to be very careful getting around town. Eibach Pro Kit, Bilstein HD shocks, stock headers and y-pipe (going to 3" true duals soon, might be going to the SLP Eibachs to raise the car some).
For me, the lowest point are my bolt in DD SFCs, 3.5" of clearance without me in the car. I have to be very careful getting around town. Eibach Pro Kit, Bilstein HD shocks, stock headers and y-pipe (going to 3" true duals soon, might be going to the SLP Eibachs to raise the car some).
05-10-2005, 09:42 PM
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Lowest point on my car would be the SLP LT headers. They don't scrape with regular driving, since I'm running a 600# front spring. I'm sure if I tried some Dukes of Hazzard style jumps, they would meet Mr. Earth.
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Eibach Pro Kit.
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I'd say 3.5"... I cant roll a tennis ball under them.
I really dont have any bottoming out problems. Just take the speed bumps slow and I never bottom out. If I take them a little too fast then yeah the scrape a little.
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I'd say 3.5"... I cant roll a tennis ball under them.
I really dont have any bottoming out problems. Just take the speed bumps slow and I never bottom out. If I take them a little too fast then yeah the scrape a little.
05-11-2005, 06:42 PM
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I have pretty good clearance with my 2.5" duals and my car is pretty low, esspecially with the skinnies on it. Here's a pic, the right side pipe is bent in alittle to much and that's why it looks off center. If you flip your fuel and brake lines over you can tuck them up real tight. I figured that out after looseing my brakes twice from the heat of the exhaust boiling the brake fluid. 
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GM Muscle, good call on flipping the brake and fuel lines. I'll be sure to do that. I'm also going to take a rubber hammer to the bottom of the rear seats, and do some bending and working on the hangers to get the true duals going on as high as possible.
Currently my car's entire interior is out (doing some sound deadening and pulling all my stereo wiring out to put the stock Monsoon stuff back in).
Measured last night, car has 4" of clearance everywhere (lowest part of exhaust up by the stock headers/y-pipe, oil filter, SFCs).
Here is a compilation of measurements with three different combos on the car. The last setup had the most clearance. HAL springs and shocks up front set to where I wanted them (which was about 1/2" higher than the numbers listed) with the BMR rear springs cleared almost anything I could throw at it (keep in mind, stock headers and y-pipe, bolt in SFCs).
Ground to middle of fender well arch measurements...
G2 w/ Bilsteins AND Pro Kit w/ Bilsteins (sat the same):
FR: 25 1/2
FL: 25 5/8”
RR: 25 7/8”
RL: 26”
HAL (F) BMR w/ HAL (R):
FR: 26 1/8”
FL: 26 ¼”
RR: 26 ½”
RL: 27”
Currently my car's entire interior is out (doing some sound deadening and pulling all my stereo wiring out to put the stock Monsoon stuff back in).
Measured last night, car has 4" of clearance everywhere (lowest part of exhaust up by the stock headers/y-pipe, oil filter, SFCs).
Here is a compilation of measurements with three different combos on the car. The last setup had the most clearance. HAL springs and shocks up front set to where I wanted them (which was about 1/2" higher than the numbers listed) with the BMR rear springs cleared almost anything I could throw at it (keep in mind, stock headers and y-pipe, bolt in SFCs).
Ground to middle of fender well arch measurements...
G2 w/ Bilsteins AND Pro Kit w/ Bilsteins (sat the same):
FR: 25 1/2
FL: 25 5/8”
RR: 25 7/8”
RL: 26”
HAL (F) BMR w/ HAL (R):
FR: 26 1/8”
FL: 26 ¼”
RR: 26 ½”
RL: 27”
05-12-2005, 03:39 PM
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The key is to get the pipes into the drive shaft tunnel. If you bend them as close togethor as posible you shouldn't even come close to the seat wells (unless your going with full sized mufflers).
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Using the 3" TSP true dual kit with Moroso Spiral Flows. Not sure how much bending I can do on an existing kit, or if 3" can fit. I guess we'll see. I plan on taking some time to get it to tuck as much as possible.
