ride height

[lacedr]

not sure if my car is sitting up a little at the rear.
The question is how do you check/measure to aee if it is
cheers
Dave

 

[944 man]

They all sit up at the rear. They were lifted to meet US federal bumper height requirements.

 

[lacedr]

thanks for the reply. any adverse effects if i drop it down down a bit ? cheers

 

[944 man]

Quite the opposite, I think. It was very much a make do and mend, similar to although not as bad as the jacked up suspension on rubber bumper MGs. The sills were always intended to be level.

 

[ChasR]

ORIGINAL: 944 man Quite the opposite, I think. It was very much a make do and mend, similar to although not as bad as the jacked up suspension on rubber bumper MGs. The sills were always intended to be level.

Without derailing too much, the rubber bumper B's get strange. Alot of the damage was done from them removing the ARB from the front (no jokes there I am afraid). Whilst the dual ARB (they fitted one to the rear) helped by quite a margin, the damage was done. But compared to the chrome bumpers they were by no means a replacement (although in the later rubber bumper form, not a million miles away).

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: ChasR

ORIGINAL: 944 man Quite the opposite, I think. It was very much a make do and mend, similar to although not as bad as the jacked up suspension on rubber bumper MGs. The sills were always intended to be level.

Without derailing too much, the rubber bumper B's get strange. Alot of the damage was done from them removing the ARB from the front (no jokes there I am afraid). Whilst the dual ARB (they fitted one to the rear) helped by quite a margin, the damage was done. But compared to the chrome bumpers they were by no means a replacement (although in the later rubber bumper form, not a million miles away).

Confused the hell out of me until I realised you were talking about MGs. [&o] I was trying to work out what 944 had chome bumpers. Duh! I'm now pondering whether a Lux would look good with chrome bumpers.

 

[Cater_Racer]

ORIGINAL: 944 man The sills were always intended to be level.

When lowering for track use, I re-indexed the rear torsion bars and adjusted the platforms of the coil-overs using this as my guide. A spirit level on the open door sill is a great guide.

 

[ChasR]

ORIGINAL: John Sims

ORIGINAL: ChasR

ORIGINAL: 944 man Quite the opposite, I think. It was very much a make do and mend, similar to although not as bad as the jacked up suspension on rubber bumper MGs. The sills were always intended to be level.

Without derailing too much, the rubber bumper B's get strange. Alot of the damage was done from them removing the ARB from the front (no jokes there I am afraid). Whilst the dual ARB (they fitted one to the rear) helped by quite a margin, the damage was done. But compared to the chrome bumpers they were by no means a replacement (although in the later rubber bumper form, not a million miles away).

Confused the hell out of me until I realised you were talking about MGs. [&o] I was trying to work out what 944 had chome bumpers. Duh! I'm now pondering whether a Lux would look good with chrome bumpers.

Christ what have I done? A Lux with chromed bumpers, hmmmm. A chap I know did once fit early 924 chrome window surrounds to his 944. He very swiftly went off the idea upon seeing his idea in the flesh:

 

[Ex Skyline]

ORIGINAL: 944 man They all sit up at the rear. They were lifted to meet US federal bumper height requirements.

Mine don't?

 

[944 man]

It did.

 

[Ex Skyline]

When?

 

[944 man]

When it was built. All cars were built, from the first 924s to the last 968s, with the rear lifted to meet the US federal bumper height legislation.

 

[George Elliott]

968....what bumper is that??

 

[944 man]

Surely you realised that theres a large aluminium bumper underneath the rear PU?

 

[Ex Skyline]

ORIGINAL: 944 man When it was built. All cars were built, from the first 924s to the last 968s, with the rear lifted to meet the US federal bumper height legislation.

Yeah but, what if that particular car was a right hooker ie NOT going to the States, what then?

 

[colin944]

ORIGINAL: Ex Skyline

ORIGINAL: 944 man When it was built. All cars were built, from the first 924s to the last 968s, with the rear lifted to meet the US federal bumper height legislation.

Yeah but, what if that particular car was a right hooker ie NOT going to the States, what then?

All the same

 

[Jonny944CS]

ORIGINAL: 944 man When it was built. All cars were built, from the first 924s to the last 968s, with the rear lifted to meet the US federal bumper height legislation.

I admit to being a bit confused by this US reg. business Simon and Colin. If I were a German suspension designer, I'd be pretty reluctant to compromise tens of thousands of ROW cars just to fall in-line with a US reg... The workshop manuals are admittedly confusing; all (924/44/68) show different rear torsion bar indexing for the US market cars compared with the ROW versions, yet there is not comparative ride height figure given for the US models. Instead they take their reference from the rear bumper (as you correctly say, due to the local regs). Unless we are suggesting that the US cars were 40+ kgs heavier at the rear, but no different at the front, the different index spec will logically give a higher ride height for US vehicles compared with ROW production.

The original poster can check his car using the above table.

 

[944 man]

I have to concede that I cant easily point to something on the internet that supports my position. Its pre-internet knowledge, probably from a magazine article which plagiarised a book. In support though, you can see that the cars were intended to have level sills and they all do come with higher rears.

 

[George Elliott]

Simon, I have fitted and removed the Ali' reinforcement behind the PU a number of times on Porsches. A 968 CS sat lower than any OE model from production. I agree the sills should be approx. level. George 944t