What is the most proper/accurate way you determine how low your car is? Fender to center of wheel? I figure wheel series size could throw off consistent results, eg. 195/50 compared to 195/55 would yield different measurements. I am trying to determine how low my teg is, I have searched and I found a few results with 10 different answers 7 years ago, I figure by now someone has found a good system. Thoughts?

And if you don't know don't post please I want a straight forward answer so when people search this the answer it will be clear to see.

 

I like that, easy to get too. Now I just need stock #'s to compare too

I feel dumb for not thinking of that lol.. doesn't really matter about wheel size because in the end its about how low your body is from the ground

 

Fender to wheel center works because it's independent of wheel and tire size.

When I installed my new coilovers I measured both ground to jack points and fender to hub center and found both were accurate to within 1/8-1/16", which is as much precision as I needed or could expect.

What's really important is that the car be parked on level ground.

 

front fender to center of wheel is 11 and rear is 10.5 inches thinking of raising it a little because im hearing a metal scraping noise from driver side front on right turns -__-

 

That's a 3.5" drop front and rear. It's pretty low - you'd be tucking tire about 1/2". Stock is 14.5" front 14" rear.

If your sig is correct your shocks are probably blown and aren't helping matters. What are your spring rates?

 

Personally I prefer going from the wheel center, up to the fender arch. This takes the wheel & tire out of the equation. This way you can compare a stock car to your car without worrying about different tire diameters.

I guess it depends on exactly what your trying to figure out about your ride height.

 

ah, my sig is not real... anyway I found whats rubbing. It's a clamp I used for the cv boot on that side(clamp closest to the wheel) I used a radiator type clamp because the one that came with the boot was a pita to put on so I guess the bolt that you tighten on the clamp is scraping because of little clearance. I'm pretty sure it's that because it only makes that noise on right turns(weight shifting left) and I can take left turns hard as I want without any problems. I'm thinking of raising my car a little its pretty low. I'm on gc w/ koni yellows and eth front and rear. At this point I feel I am sacrificing handling for cosmetics when I have a decent suspension -_-" :guntohead:

OH and rates are 450F/350R decent ride

 

This. Though I can see reasoning to do it elsewhere. If function is a core tenet of your build, hub-fender height will matter more for suspension travel and optimal suspension geometry angles. If you want to tell your friends how far your bumper is from the asphalt, I can see measuring it from there.