How tall is your Mk4?

[dylan8]

Hi Guys,
After trying to work out how much lower my car is then factory, I realized I never wrote down the original heights, and even then it may have sagged a lot already.

Sooooo, thought I might try and put together a thread of all the Australian Mk4s and there various heights and set ups.

Also included parts like sway bars, end links, tyre size etc

Best way I believe to measure is from the ground to the arch.

This will also be good for newbies to see what set up might achieve what and what it will look like.
It'd be great to see some heights of stock cars also

Car: Bora
Engine: 2lt
KM: 155,000+
Suspension: TA Technix Coilovers (same as hot tuning I believe)
Sway Bar: Adjustable Whiteline
End links: Stock
Tyres: 195/45/17 F and 205/45/17 R
Heights (ground to arches): 24' F and 23.5' R
Heights (centre of wheel to arch):
Comments: My 195/45 tires are WAY to small for height of my car, leaving it with a huge wheel gap that makes it look not so low
Picture:

[undisclos3d]

What sizes are your wheels and are u running spacers?

[type 17]

The roof of my car reaches in the girlfriends words "the nipples of my perky boobs", and she is 5"2.... so low.......

[The_Hawk]

Your best to measure from the centre of the wheel to the lip of the guard since that will show how far you have dropped and gives a nice and easy distance to measure.

[balkanac]

i love those wheels on the bora!!

[dylan8]

What sizes are your wheels and are u running spacers?

17x9 nope, adapters

The roof of my car reaches in the girlfriends words "the nipples of my perky boobs", and she is 5"2.... so low.......

haha. can we use her as a measuring tool/reference then?

Your best to measure from the centre of the wheel to the lip of the guard since that will show how far you have dropped and gives a nice and easy distance to measure.

ah! thanks for that. Ill go measure mine and add it

i love those wheels on the bora!!

Cheers!


Any one else want to add theres to the list??

[The_Hawk]

The roof of my car reaches in the girlfriends words "the nipples of my perky boobs", and she is 5"2.... so low.......

haha. can we use her as a measuring tool/reference then?

...or at least see a photo of her measuring (for comparison reasons of course)...

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

Car: Bora
Engine: 2.8 VR6
KM: 150,000
Suspension: No idea
Sway Bar: Stock, will have r32 rear soonish tho
End links: Stock
Tyres: What ever stock are
Heights (ground to arches (top i assume): 24 3/4' F and 23.5' R
Heights (centre of wheel to arch): 13' F 12' R
Comments: "My 195/45 tires are WAY to small for height of my car, leaving it with a huge wheel gap that makes it look not so low"
Plan on getting some KW V'3s for my birthday in about a month and see how low i can go with it still being practicable. Kinda bottoms out on my driveway at the moment but thats getting fixed with some gravel. Also eventually plan on getting some bbs lm's with spacers to get that awesome stance or in the meanwhile some r32 rims.

Bad Shot but eh, Ill get a better one someday

[dylan8]

not sure what height im at now (pending tyres), but is anyone else notching frames on mk4s in aus???
The driveshafts have been making contact with the frame for a while now on big bumps, but after lowing the car some more its just continually sitting on them.
is it something people just dont talk about on here?

[undisclos3d]

I'm nowhere near vortex low but i am definitely hitting on big bumps and it can't be my sway. So I'm looking at doing a notch. Do you know if there is a reason why(on the vortex)people sometimes only notch one side?

[dylan8]

im guessing because one drive shaft is longer then the other... one has a little more room to move because its at a steeper angle?

[Cookie28]

I'm gonna have to measure mine today because the back of my car seems way higher than other stock 2.0's its like there's a lift kit on the back and the back only haha

[audi-tone]

i'm not even as low as you guys.
front: 25"
back: 25"
ground to arch that is - i only sometimes and very rarely hit the swaybar (stupid speed bumps and people up your arse..)
even then its way low with the r32 bumper. and my control arms are about 95mm from the ground.. i have no idea how americans run there cars so low.. i dont wanna go lower than that so i can preserve some of the handling characteristics i have now..