ride height

[chris266]

Hi guys umm jst wondering...
ive jst recently bought tein coilovers for my gtr r34 n was jst wondering if theres a legal ride height requiremnt or what is it????

[S133LTR]

100mm at any given point of the car.

[ovaxitd]

100mm bud. everything must clear 100mm no if's or buts :)

[Lump]

dont forget to get a wheelaligment

[kurbn]

is there anything illegal about having coil overs fitted? (do pit lanes care)

[Lump]

technically they need to be adr approved & it can help if they are not too firm on damping & rate

[Chase_d]

My car was 130mm off the ground and got told to raise the coilovers as when there is passengers/cargo it will drop below.

As written on paper from DPI
SUSPENSION AND SHOCK ABSORBERS: vehicle must have correct ground clearance of 100mm minimum loaded

Pretty stupid as car is registered as a 2 seater

[Lump]

i doubt your car would drop 30mm with 2 people & 'luggage'
never heard them being that strict before but if thats what they want do it

[kurbn]

technically they need to be adr approved & it can help if they are not too firm on damping & rate

awsome...... I dont think Ksports are ADR approved :lol:
you can barely read the install manual due to the bad english conversion.

saying that I have them set on the softest setting as the back end in 32s get a bit bouncy and sometimes airborn.. rides like a normal car but a bit firmer

[AMPERAGE]

If they really want to be pingpingpingpings about it too, the car must be not less than 100mm from any given point but the bottom of the headlights must also be a minimum of 500mm from the ground. Even if you have more than 100mm under the car at all points, if the headlight is too low they can still defect you.

[R3N]

was told 110mm by pits inspector, represents 100mm with a loaded car

[chris266]

cheers for the feed bak guys:)

[magic1]

chris we will b able to lower the car about 70mm i guess, any more than that you will really start to chop tyres out and will you get up the drive way or park on the street?

[reNEGade]

100mm everywhere with 2 people in car and luggage. So to be safe put it as high as possible. Its also ment to be like 130mm off ground to Catalytic converter. But if you get stickered, jack the whole thing up and go over the pits. Coilovers are illegal as they alloy you to lower it again. When I got my sticker off guy told me to tack weld the coilover adjusters there so it can't be lowered. Yeh.... right....

[Lump]

Coilovers are illegal as they alloy you to lower it again
lol almost anything on a car can be made illegal by changing it after inspection, dont think coilies are alone in that regard.

[S133LTR]

I was told the same thing about the coilovers by the engineer consulting on my car.

He said the pits inspectors also accept metal shim wrapped around the shock body (under the spring platform) and hose clamped in place as an acceptable way of stopping your coilys from being adjusted. (seems a less permanent way of keeping the pits happy)

[Lump]

metal shim hoseclamped near your 4 sidewalls, fark sounds dodgey imo

[S133LTR]

just going of what the DPI recommended engineer told me

would only really be for a trip to the pits

[Alt_F4]

Considering all aftermarket shocks/coilovers are nice bright colours, if you painted them black, I doubt they would even blink twice at them, regardless of height (within reason)

[Lump]

just going of what the DPI recommended engineer told me

would only really be for a trip to the pits
not questioning you at all, its just a worry having someone in their authority suggesting that crap

[S133LTR]

Oh dnt worry he thinks its a load of crap aswell..

Just one way to get around changing shocks for the pits, a peice of .05mm/.10mm ally or copper shim neatly installed with correctly sized hose clamps that dont have a long tail hangin out isnt going to be unsafe for a trip to the pits. Christ you cnt even cut ya finger on shim that thin/flimsy (use it every day to set up jobs at work). Thought it might be an option for ppl who've been told to tac weld there coil over seats in place?

[chris266]

yer true nah its all good should get them on monday i think??

[Lump]

.10mm ally or copper shim neatly installed with correctly sized hose clamps that dont have a long tail hangin out isnt going to be unsafe for a trip to the pits. Christ you cnt even cut ya finger on shim that thin/flimsy (use it every day to set up jobs at work).

yeah i used to work with the stuff as well, the hose clamps could be a worry tho, maybe cable ties lol

[Chase_d]

well i passed perfectly fine with coilovers in - and the inspector knew what they were.

only trouble i had was the coilovers didnt have sufficient mounts for brake lines (cable ties were holding them in place before - then replaced with a SCA hose clamp - both methods not allowed) ended up dropping the front coilovers out putting stock front suspension in with brake hose mounts.

[HIKARI]

well i passed perfectly fine with coilovers in - and the inspector knew what they were.

only trouble i had was the coilovers didnt have sufficient mounts for brake lines (cable ties were holding them in place before - then replaced with a SCA hose clamp - both methods not allowed) ended up dropping the front coilovers out putting stock front suspension in with brake hose mounts.

Hey correct me if i'm wrong but aren't you able to remove the "stock brake line mount" off the old shockies? some cars, those are just rings that are pressed/tapped in.