Re: [MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-30 Thread l02turner
://members.rennlist.com/my_911/Index.htm For my Paint Job Info - Original Message - From: Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] vehicle height I was under the impression that the ride height of a 911

Re: [MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-30 Thread Zeitgeist
, May 29, 2006 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] vehicle height I was under the impression that the ride height of a 911 was fairly easy to adjust, as in the turn of a bolt or something like that. IIRC, the weld in kits for the VW type 1, which allowed you to re-index the torsion springs on the front

Re: [MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-30 Thread l02turner
: Monday, May 29, 2006 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] vehicle height I was under the impression that the ride height of a 911 was fairly easy to adjust, as in the turn of a bolt or something like that. IIRC, the weld in kits for the VW type 1, which allowed you to re-index the torsion springs

[MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-29 Thread l02turner
Hello ! Was looking my '91 300D (104k miles) over and noticed the height at each fender looked uneven. Checked with my metal yardstick and got the following measurements - LF - 26.5 RF - 26.0 LR - 26.75 RR - 26.5 I measured from the driveway to the lower edge of the fender flare - along

Re: [MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-29 Thread Zeitgeist
Funny you should mention it...I've been adjusting the height of my 124 this weekend. I believe the proper method for checking height is to measure from the fender lip to the wheel centerline. I cut my springs by 4 front and rear to drop the chassis down to ~14.5. You can also order spring pads

Re: [MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-29 Thread Marshall Booth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello ! Was looking my '91 300D (104k miles) over and noticed the height at each fender looked uneven. Checked with my metal yardstick and got the following measurements - LF - 26.5 RF - 26.0 LR - 26.75 RR - 26.5 I measured from the driveway to the lower edge of

Re: [MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-29 Thread l02turner
- Original Message - From: Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] vehicle height Funny you should mention it...I've been adjusting the height of my 124 this weekend. I believe the proper method

Re: [MBZ] vehicle height

2006-05-29 Thread Zeitgeist
I was under the impression that the ride height of a 911 was fairly easy to adjust, as in the turn of a bolt or something like that. IIRC, the weld in kits for the VW type 1, which allowed you to re-index the torsion springs on the front axle beam, used to tout their system as similar to the