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Re: Ride Height

To: alpines <alpines@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Ride Height
From: Ron Tebo <mrtebo@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:35:16 -0700
> Rob:
>
> You have probably checked this, but are the shocks stuck at full 
> extension?
> What happens when you bounce the front or rear?
>
> Ron Tebo
>
> Rob Wiseman wrote:
>
>> I recently put the suspension on my #2 Alpine and put it on the 
>> ground.  It
>> has not had an engine in it for probably at least 15 years maybe more.
>>
>> Currently the car is sitting much higher than my #1 Alpine.
>>
>> My question is without anything in or on the car, how much space 
>> should I see
>> between the top of the tires and the bottom of the wheel well.  How 
>> much will
>> the weight of the engine, trans, doors, hood, interior, etc. close 
>> this gap.
>>
>> My #1 alpine only has about 1".  Right now I think I am about 6-8" in 
>> front
>> and about the same in the rear.  Not the look I am looking for.
>>
>> Rob




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