Nose is too high

yes Steve's car has a good look to it w/ the 215/65's ... but i know he really yearns for a set of Alpina 16's
 
Probably a little of all of those suggestions! I have read other's measurements here and the drivers side typically is a little higher. Will be curious to see the after measurements.
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A full or empty fuel tank would easily make and 1/8-1/4" difference. Perhaps the measurements should be taken with a full tank and a person sitting in the driver's seat.

My couple is a little off because the battery was moved from the left front corner to under the right rear seat (to add to the fuel component effect). So combining a new style rotary AC compressor, an aluminum radiator & relocated battery probably removed 55-60 lbs from the front end - hence the front is a bit higher that I would like.
 
rsporsche said:
i would say that you are in need of some 8" wide rims w/ 225/50-16's on the back. everyday when i back out of my driveway ... i see the car sitting in the garage, and it now looks so much better with the wide rubber on the rear shoes. it handles quite a bit better too.
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I don’t believe the wheels I’m running are available in 8”, only 7” :cry:. To me the popular turbine and basket weave wheels are just too hard to keep clean, these are a piece of cake and I don’t have much money in them so I’m pretty happy with them. I do have wider tires on the back which helps but yes, I think 8” rims in the back would probably look really correct. ~ John Buchtenkirch
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Hah - yes I have Alpina envy but I only need 14" to feel adequate! Some day when all my other maintenance and cosmetic issues are done (ever?) I will treat myself to a nice set of vintage alpinas.


rsporsche said:
yes Steve's car has a good look to it w/ the 215/65's ... but i know he really yearns for a set of Alpina 16's
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Honolulu said:
So we read that the "before" measurements were:

Front Driver: 26 1/8" Rear Driver: 26 1/4"
Front Passenger: 26 1/2" Rear Passenger: 26"

and the car is "twisted" with the right front and left rear higher. Howcum? There are a couple possibilities and in my own approximate order of preference:
1 parked on uneven (but not visibly so) ground,
2 constant weight of the driver makes that corner lower,
3 car wasn't straight to begin with,
4 car sagged or bent over time from an "incident"
5 car sagged or bent over time from normal acceleration/deceleraton stresses,
5 Jimmy Hoffa in the trunk (is there any smell?), or
6 brother-in-law left his bottle under one of the seats.

But what really matters is not the visual stance (though for most of us this is the telling point), but the weight of the car at each wheel. Thus the racers (SCCA comes to mind) will put scales under the wheels and balance the car via adjustments in spring perch heights. As it happens, the rest of us without coilover suspensions can't as easily do that (but it can be done).

But y'all knew that, didn't you?
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We’re you ever able to get your car even as to driver and passenger side heights?
 
What did you
Stevehose said:
I am in the middle of this same project - what size tires are you running? Did you measure the distance of the middle of the fender arch to the ground before/after the install? Did you replace your shocks too - if not do you know what you have in there - maybe some bilsteins would lower it further than the gas brand on there now (koni? kyb?). When I replaced my oem hydralic rear shocks with bilsteins the back went up 3/4 inch so like Andy said this could be the case with your fronts. Am hoping the new springs will lower it back down, along with the front. My measurements curb to fender arch (through the center line of the wheel) before this project were:

Front Driver: 26 1/8"
Rear Driver: 26 1/4"
Front Passenger: 26 1/2"
Rear Passenger: 26"

I will post the after measurements once all is together - still waiting for parts
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Where did this end up at?
Tom
 
HB Chris said:
The driver side rear on our 2800 is low and I put new springs and shocks in it, can’t figure it out.
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We have the same thing happening on our 3.0. Hoped we would find something when we replaced the shocks but the springs are identical and with the new bilsteins the driver side rear is around 3/4" or almost 2cm lower than the other side.
 
Gransin said:
We have the same thing happening on our 3.0. Hoped we would find something when we replaced the shocks but the springs are identical and with the new bilsteins the driver side rear is around 3/4" or almost 2cm lower than the other side.
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I’m currently looking at 3/8-5/8” low on drivers.
there has to be an answer. And I also have a full tank of fuel.
 
I'd bet things like age, possible frame/body repair, manufacturing tolerances (or lack thereof) etc. have something to do with it
 
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