The corner weighing results and by the results I don't mean the actual weight of each wheel but the height from the centre axel (or the centre of the spindle) to the top of the wheel arch of all four sides of CRX's/ EF civic's can be applied to all our cars granted that the conditions of the car at the time of measurements are reported. The conditions we need to know are:

1. The amount of gas present in the car is know.
2. The engine and transmission type are known
3. Was the spare tire there? Any stereo / boom box in the trunk?
4. The year of CRX or EF civic.

Given that these conditions are know, what you do is ask the person that had his CRX/ EF civic corner weighted to measure the following:

A. For the front wheels, what is the distance from the centre of the front axle to the to the top of the wheel arch on the driver's and passanger's side.

B. For the rear wheels, what is the distance from the centre of the rear hub to the top of the rear wheel arch for both rear wheels.


Now, granted his height ride may be a factor that you don't want to duplicate BUT what you do is take the lowest reading wheel distance and take that as a base for all your measurements. i.e. set your ride height to your desired height and increase all the rest of the 3 wheels height by the difference you get from his base reading on the lowest wheel height to the rest of his wheels!

I thing this will work as we all drive the same cars on this forum. All we need is for some one to report his measurements.
Let keep them coming!
Charlie J.

 

interesting
keep us posted bro!

 

Won't work very accurately. What if my fender is bent a little? A 1/8" difference in ride height on my car with 600 lb springs will be alot different weight difference wheel to wheel than yours with 350 lb springs, etc...

 

I agree with Jaker.

With all the "compliance" there is in every part including the chassis spot weld points, you could not assume based on ride height measurements that your car was weighted even close.

Unfortunately, the only way to do it is with 4 scales...

Fortunately, on a street car with adjustable ride height, keeping the car level is about all you have to worry about.

I can measure my ride height the way you describe on both my '90 CRX Si and my '91 Civic Si if you want.

The CRX has Skunk 2 coilovers with 450lb/in front & 350lb/in rear.
The Civic has eibach sportline progressive springs intended for use in a Civic.

I doubt either car has a full tank.

[edit] Oh, I'd love to be proven wrong with a bunch of data

 

I have to agree that I never really thought about the change in the position of the fender factor. The reason for that is simple, all the cars where done on an assembly using the same torque, same frame position...

TJ, Nevertheless, it would be interesting to see what you get from your measuremtns (I'm assuming that you had your rides corner weighted)
Let us know
Charlie