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Old 09-30-2009, 11:07 PM   #45 (permalink)
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I think the best answer is this:

The difference in stock ride height between '91-'92 and '93-'95 cars is in the springs. Therefor, the amount that any lowering spring will change the ride height on a MkII depends on the year of the car in question. However, no matter what year the car is, it will end up at the same height as any other year with the same springs installed. If someone puts TRD springs in a '95 turbo T-top car, and you have a '91 turbo T-top car, you can look at the '95 and know almost exactly how your '91 will look on TRD springs.

In other words, what you really want to be concerned with is not how much the ride height will change, but where it will end up with the springs installed.

Maybe all you MkII owners should start a ride height database. Fill your fuel tank, park the car on a hard, level surface, and then measure vertically from the exact center of each wheel to the fender opening. Do not measure from the ground, because that method takes tire size into account. Compare the figures you find against the springs you are using and see where things end up.

Manufacturers' quoted drops are nearly always vague generalizations anyway, and often not worth a damn...
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