IMHO and preference,,, I would go 1" lower... so that top of the tires have a nominal gap to the sheemetal... PERF

Anything special you needed to do to run the wider rims in the rear? Those 315's look PERFECT on there... nice wider tire that balance the rear fascia of the vehicle.

 

I already have a 4th gen Rear end for the car so didn't need any spacers. Just had to give a couple wacks with a hammer to a couple spots on the inner fender well area. probably less than 15 wacks with the hammer. wasn't that bad. Fits perfect no rubbing at all.

 

4th Gen rear on my future parts list.

 

Do it you wont regret it . I'm gonna buy the emergency brake cable adapter soon and long tubes 1 of these days. possibly cam the ls1

 

you hate that it doesnt scrape? i may be dumb but that sounded dumb. id leave it.

 

Intrax springs and koni struts

 

91 camaro rs convertible on Eibach Sportline.

 

 

Can anyone tell me what wheels these are, I have seen them around but just never seen anyone post a name.

 

Looks perfect to me! You're on the brink of having clearance issues if you go much lower at all. Nice ride!

 

They're Gotti replica's. Real ones are 2 piece and quite spendy. They are a discontinued wheel.

 

Since this thread keeps living, I recon I can put a picture of mine up.

 

Wow, those SS wheels look really good in black on that car!

 

Thanks. I was really hesitant to do black, I feel it has been over done, however it made a huge difference and I really like how they turned out.

 

Looks great, love your stance. Have you measured your front and rear ground to fender lip heights? I'm soon to order weight jacks and wouldn't mind dialing in my car to your stance. It honestly sits that good in my opinion.

 

Also, is it just me or is your front tire a little taller than the rear? or is it just the picture playing tricks on my eyes? It is low light so I can't really tell.

 

I live in a place that low is dangerus because the nose will hit every where.

This is my GTA know but if I lower it more I think wold be very hard to drive but if I go with air bags it will be better because I can change on the fly.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/pict...ictureid=40896

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/pict...ictureid=40881

 

I love white GTA's, your looks great. Are you going to buy some home alignment tools? You'll need it if your constantly going to change the ride height. The only reason that I don't do my own alignments is because my garage floor is angled to allow water to drain out. You need a flat surface. Well that and I have a decent alignment guy that does custom specs and doesn't just toe-in-go like so many others I've run into in this state.

 

Thanks for the compliment I love my car, well I'm not really goin to put bags on it any time soon because I don't have the money. But if I ever have the money I'll just have two setting one for driving and one for sitting. Write know I'm just going to enjoy it as it is and fix some issues that it have before thinking to modify it.

 

My t/a dropped. Was thinking of raising the front slightly.

 

To answer your questions, it has been a while since I measured, but I think the fronts were right around 25" and the rear around 27". If I remember tonight I can measure them for you and let you know the exact height. I wouldn't mind it being a little higher, tired of scraping my exhaust, but the ride quality is actually really nice.

The tires are the same, 275 40 R17, so any height difference is purly an optical illusion due to light level.

 

Yes, if you have the time I wouldn't mind knowing what the measurements are. As far as tire height goes i figured it was just the light, I just wanted to be sure. Thanks for answering and I'll keep an eye out on this post to see if you post your measurements. Take care.

 

^For reference, the tires on a thirdgen, assuming they're the right size, are 25.7 inches tall. You can estimate fender heights accordingly... I'd guess the IROC in question is 25.5-26", as 25" would be tucked a little.

And yeah, I totally agree... that looks killer.

 

Damn it, I forgot to get the measurments. I will set a reminder on my phone to get them for you tonight. I will report back ASAP.

 

prokit springs.. I wouldn't go any lower, scrapes as is...

 

That looks like stock 20+ year old thirdgen with factory spring ride height. My old 86 sat like that with factory suspension all the way around

 

Cool.

Hey 88fastgta, do you mean you scrape your front air dam or are you scraping elsewhere? My car is at about your height and the only thing I've ever managed to scrape is the plastic air dam for the radiator. My car is an iroc-z though, I'm not sure if the dimensions on your gta are really that different.

Scraping the air dam isn't a problem at all, in fact they were built to take that kind of abuse. Scraping the front bumper is a different story.

 

NOSHOWALLGO it is 25" in the front and 26.5" in the rear. I knew it was close to those numbers I gave you above. I love the way it sits, but my exhaust hanges a little low, near the cat, and scrapes on speed bumps and such. I wish it was about an 1" higher in the front and I would be happy.

 

Thanks for the measurements Drkhrse89. I'll set my car at your 26.5" on the rear. But I'll probably run 25.5" on the front for mine. I like the one inch rake.

I'll have to see if there's a way to modify the exhaust hangers near the cat to raise it about half an inch. I have the N10 dual cats and mine hangs pretty low just like you describe yours. It seams to only be low in that one area where the cats reside. I'm not sure whats up with that, the cat-back looks to be more tucked up from what I can tell when I'm under the car.

 

hey i really like your camaro man can you tell me something, if i get some 15x4 inch rims for the front of my camaro will they look alright with no modifications its bone stock

 

my custom exhaust is routed under the transmission pan... so whenever I go over the littlest of bumps it scrapes... my alston subframe connectors have scraped on me as well.... my parents garage is on a hill and I cannot get in the driveway without taking my y pipe off.... thank god my y pipe is bolt on...

 

well actually what im asking is my 1983 camro z28 has a complete stock rear end and i want too get a set of 15x4 inch rims for the front, if i do, will they set in to deep on a stock rear end or do they make them to set right underneath the fender?

 

Ah I see. I plan on just doing spohn perimeters sfc with the exhaust in the stock channel. I'm pretty sure I will only rarely scrape, if ever. If it's going to scrape anything it will just be the cats on mine.

That has got to drive you nuts going over bumps! Is there not another way to run the exhaust so you have better ground clearance for lowering?

 

Those SS wheels... I dont know what it is, but they look INCREDIBLE in gray or black, but that chrome, machined, or silver color makes them look terrible. I dont know why but a darker color just makes them look incredibly good. I love your car, great color, restrained, nice, and mean all at the same time.

 

Hey, thanks a lot. I am pretty darn critical of my car, so it is good to read positive comments like that. It has gone through a ton of change in the nearly 20 years I have owned it. I am finally getting to the point that I like the way it looks. It only took changing every suspension part, the wheels and tires, and getting a new paint job. Who knew that's all it would take.

 

Only the front is lowered for now with GC weight jacks. Need to buy more parts to do the rear. Took this Sunday morning before leaving for an autoX event. The lighting was perfect, hides all the paint flaws.

 

im pretty sure my car is stock ride height when i go over the speed bumps at my work my cat scrapes it dont move when i try and move it so its not hanging

when i look under my car there is only like 2" between the ground and my cat but i have like 4 to 5" of gc for my ground affects is that normal

 

1989 formula thanks Ben from Kenton Ohio 43326

 

That seems lower than stock. Mine has around 2" from cat to ground. If you have stock suspension, that could explain why it is so low. The factory springs will be sagging quite a bit by now. Measure the fender height and if you are less than 27" then you are probably not at factory height.

Do you hit speed bumps straight on? If so, then you will be a whole lot more likely to scrape. My car scrapes even when I hit the speed bump with zero speed and at an angle. Can be annoying.

 

ya i have to the parking lot is cramped and you cant take any different angles on the speed bump when its full of cars and i will measure it today to see
i would post pics but i don't have a camera

 

Someone took this at the SMNats last week

 

Sportlines front and back

 

your car is sweet lookin! This is one of my favorites for sure. I love the way it all goes together.

 

WOW!!! that looks great!!!! Love the wheel selection!!

 

I also have Deep Dish Y2k's on Sportlines front and rear
18x9.5 front, 19x10 rear

my car is not as complete as yours! lol! I can barely fit a jack under the car now.

 

Once I'm inside the gate, I go lower but like this for street (weight jacks & rear coil-overs)

 

Nice stance TEDS! How many inches from the ground on that setup?

 

26" front, 26.5" rear. Debating on .25-.5 raise on rear.

 

26" is the number I thought would look good! That's what my goal will be.. So I basically need a one inch drop from where I'm at now (roughly 27" to 27.5").. How is ground clearance at that height? And why raise the rear? 0.5" is plenty higher in the rear no?

 

Would not want to go lower on street. Even cross country might require 26.5, but I'm not having problems, now. The LT's are ok so far.