Ride Height

[Mike66]

I know this has been covered before and iv done a search but really cant find the answer I want.

I have changed rear springs and shocks all round but the ride height at the back is still lower than the front.

I have 14" at the front and 13" at the rear.

So do I lower the front or can i raise the back?????


Cheers


Mike

[Slugsie]

This has been asked more than a few times, and the answers often don't seem right to me. When I look at the side view of my Surf, the rear arches don't seem as big as the fronts. Indeed, I've just checked mine, and using the trim line along the middle of the doors as a guide shows that the rear arches are lower than the fronts by about 1.5inches. Measuring this way eliminates any 'suspension sag' there may be (I think mine might have some). Using this as a guide, measuring from the centre of the hub to the arch there should be a 1.5inch difference between the front and the back.

Hope this helps.

Update: Just checked, and measuring hub centre to arch gives me just over 19inch at the back and 20inch at the front.

[Mike66]

Cheers Paul


Just went and checked mine again and I have the same as yours so i think ill leave it be.

[Silversurfer]

This has been asked more than a few times, and the answers often don't seem right to me. When I look at the side view of my Surf, the rear arches don't seem as big as the fronts. Indeed, I've just checked mine, and using the trim line along the middle of the doors as a guide shows that the rear arches are lower than the fronts by about 1.5inches. Measuring this way eliminates any 'suspension sag' there may be (I think mine might have some). Using this as a guide, measuring from the centre of the hub to the arch there should be a 1.5inch difference between the front and the back.

Hope this helps.

Update: Just checked, and measuring hub centre to arch gives me just over 19inch at the back and 20inch at the front.

Yours is where mine was at before I replaced the rear springs with Milners 20% uprated - rear now measures just under 22" from centre of hub to bottom of arch extension - or in other words the original rear springs had developed a bit over 2" of sag.

[Mike66]

Now you do have me worried coz i have those springs and new procomp 9000 shocks. Me thinks there maybe something amiss!!!!

[Silversurfer]

Now you do have me worried coz i have those springs and new procomp 9000 shocks. Me thinks there maybe something amiss!!!!

Iv'e just been out and checked the front ride height on my Surf and and it is also at 22" from centre of hub to bottom of wheel arch extension. Don't know whether previous owner had wound up the torsion bars but I don't think so as I am the first UK owner. Most threads I read on the subject suggest that this was around the norm for a new Surf.

[surfin]

Playtex..

Yours is where mine was at before I replaced the rear springs with Milners 20% uprated - rear now measures just under 22" from centre of hub to bottom of arch extension - or in other words the original rear springs had developed a bit over 2" of sag.

Yea.. I did the same as you and got a fantastic uplift..