suspension height....

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I've never bother looking, but can you actually see that your car is lowwered when you lowere it?

does it move the height of the bumper-cam?
from the outside of the car does it look lowered?
 
Yes, and to me, it is more notisable(sp) in the rally cars, look at say the Subaru Concept rally car normal, then lower it, it looks alot different, and if you hit bumps, in some cars if it's lowered to much you will see the tire through the fender.
 
Originally posted by ving
so thats one yes and one no :p

Make that 2 yes. Its really noticable on my Ford Focus WRC. I dropped it in the weeds for SS5 Wet and the wheels are up into the fender wells. It also retains the settings when you put the car back in your garage.

MG
 
Originally posted by ving
so you can see these settings when lookin at the car in the garage?? :odd:

Yes. I just verified this with my Focus WRC. I changed the suspension from 90mm to 250mm and then took it back to the garage.

90mm = top of wheels are in the fender wells.

250mm = 3" or 4" of air between the top of the tire and the fender.

It shouldn't matter, but I'm running the NA NTSC version.
 
I only notice on the track when the car is throwing sparks as it drags on the ground.
When I lower a car I generally go as low as I can without throwing sparks.
 
just buy a car and then go to your garage ,take a look at how high is it and then just simply buy full suspension ,install it go to your garage you will notice the differnce.
 
It also models the camber settings visibly. I usually set the camber to about 3 degrees in on the front wheels, and you can tell in the garage.
 
I can't usually tell the camber in the garage, but during replays (on the wheel view) you can definitely notice it, as well as ride height etc.
 
it does..it's hard to notice...But the way you can tell is go to the rail guards with it lifted all the way...And compare the view to one of them..then lower it..You'll see it's lower to the ground
 
It's more noticeable on some cars. I lower every one of my cars to the lowest it can go(for less wind resistance and therefore greater speed). On my Pennzoil Nismo, you can tell it is lower, because you can see the tires coming out of the car when it hits turns.
 
I hardly ever notice that though...:\ But I think it might...just be a bit different.
 
Originally posted by Talentless
I'm 99% sure

It's always that 1% that comes up and bites you in the ass isn;t it? :D

For visible camber, check the GT Genome Project... :D That Civic has 22 degrees of camber.

Easiest way to spot lowering is to run, say, 0-400m test on maximum height, then do it again with minimum height, but the ghost switched ON... See? :D

Lowering the car isn't an aid to wind resistance, but for "ground effect" - or the reverse Bernoulli principle :D And it's also the reason Senna died.

On tracks with big kerbs (most road circuits) you want the ride height significantly higher than minimum.
 
Ive only really noticed it on a couple of the rally hybrids ive got, and on the sparkling gold 328 i have as well

Used to run all the cars i had with minimum height but have since learned with about 18 months of constant OLR has taught me otherwise
 
not this one (728hp hybrid) drives like an absolute pig, just a battle to keep it in a straight line!
 
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