If I measure from the ground to the top of the wheel arch, I get:
Front: 695mm [
Rear: 710mm
This is a stock '85 Z28 with 245/50/16 in front and 255/50/16 out back.
If I use the Jamex springs, it will lower the car by 1.5" [38mm]. That will make it about 655mm at the front. Too low??

 

sorry i only know that stuff in inches....my ride height is 7 inches at the front center bumper and about 4 inches at the little plastic thingy underneath....and ive got about a inch between the wheels and the fender lip w/ 245/50-16's all the way around
i was thinking about lowering my car about a 1/2 to 1 inch but nobody sells springs like that oh well..........

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1991 RS LO3
mods: 14" chrome air cleaner, straight-piped after cat exhaust with one chrome dual tip on the left side.
future mods: headers, removing smog equipment, and as many cheap mods as i can find
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If i remember correctly, it is 26 inches in the front and 26.75 inches in the back to the tops of the wheelwells.

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-Justin-
T-Top '86 5.0L LG4 700R4 WS6
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There can be only one!!

 

25.5" in the front
27.0" in the rear

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90 Firebird SSA (Bone stock 3.1)

Everything Below I've added

Engine: Accel Super Coil, 8mm Accel Ignition Wires, 170 Degree Thermostat, NKG Plautum Plugs, K&N Filter, Flowmaster 80

Suspension: Bell Tech Drop Spindles, Edelbrock PanHard Bar, Lakewood Lower Control Arms, Wonderbar IROC-Z, KYB GR2 Struts, KYB Gas-a-Just Shocks, PST Suspension Polygrapite Bushings All Round, 36mm WS6 Front Sway Bar, 24mm WS6 Rear Sway Bar

Brakes: Cross Drilled and sloted Rotors

Appearance: Trans Am Tail Lights, Trans Am Wrap Around Wing, Trans Am 16" Alum rims, Tinted Windows Rear 90% Sides 50%

Interior: GTA power seats, Overhead console, Power windows, Power locks, T-tops, Sun shade, Pioneer P77DH, Uniden radar detector, Intellitronix - Fuel pressure gauge, Transmission temp gauge. (In pods)

 

oh to the tops of the wheel arches
on mine it's 26.5 up front and 27 out back

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1991 RS LO3
mods: 14" chrome air cleaner, straight-piped after cat exhaust with one chrome dual tip on the left side.
future mods: headers, removing smog equipment, and as many cheap mods as i can find
aol s/n: budman8503

GONE MUSTANG HUNTING.......
BACK IN 10 SECONDS

 

695mm works out to be 27.4" in the front. If I lower it to 26", is it gunna be too low? Am I gunna hit every curb in town?

 

Right now???

about three feet.

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Cody "cyZ28" Young
'84 black on black Z28

355, 5-speed (on the way out. What goes back in, ooohh baby!!)
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Keep in mind that 1.5 inch drop doesn't mean your car will drop 1.5 inches. Your car might be sagging a little from old springs, or just a little bit lower than most third-gens and you could end up with a 1 inch drop. Or, it could be the other way and your car could sit higher than a typical third-gen and you could get a 1.75 drop. Every car is a little bit different. With drop springs "results may vary"


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82 camaro--original steering wheel, brake/gas pedals, seats--everything else modified
82camaro

 

My measurements: 26-1/16" (662 mm) f, 26-5/8" (676.28 mm) r. Measured at the center line of the rims to the fender lip. 90 Camaro RS Convertible with less than 1 year old Eibach Pro-Kit springs. Also keep in mind that even though you will have lower ride height you may scrape about the same as you do now. These springs are a lot stiffer than stock ones. So there is less weight transfer forward under hard braking. I scrape no more than I did before with my old tired sagging 10 year old stock RS springs. Also replacing the shocks and struts with good aftermarket ones (Bilstein or Koni) will help with this as well. I have Bilstein HD. Good luck, Lon.

[This message has been edited by lonsal (edited March 22, 2001).]

 

Front: 26 7/16"
Rear: 27 1/4"

The fronts are Moog part# 5662 with 3/4 of a coil removed.

Rears are stock '82 progressive-rate crap that came on it, they hook like a mother in the corners so why change a good thing?

-Kevin