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Stock fender lip heights?

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Anybody have these measurements or can measure it on stock wheels/suspension? Just installed Swifts + B8s and failed to take "before" measurements.
 


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Thanks, but actually meant height from ground to lip through center of wheel, gap measurement is too subjective. Here's Swifts + B8s, barely looks lowered, I'm guessing 1/2 inch.
 


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Just took mine yesterday in expectation of maybe one day getting my Swift Springs I ordered. My garage is fairly level but the ground is blacktop so its not nice perfectly smooth concrete, but measurements should be good. I have Rota Titan wheels but they are 17" and the original OEM tires on them.

Driver F: 24.5"
Passenger F: 24.75"
Passenger R: 24.8125"
Driver R: 24.75"
 


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Thanks, but actually meant height from ground to lip through center of wheel, gap measurement is too subjective. Here's Swifts + B8s, barely looks lowered, I'm guessing 1/2 inch.
THIS is encouraging to me, since unlike most others who are disappointed that the Swifts do not have nearly enough drop for them, I WANT them to have minimal drop over factory ride height (paired with B6es), but still have that significantly higher linear rate. [thumb] [:)]
 


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Argh
THIS is encouraging to me, since unlike most others who are disappointed that the Swifts do not have nearly enough drop for them, I WANT them to have minimal drop over factory ride height (paired with B6es), but still have that significantly higher linear rate. [thumb] [:)]
Argh not me, I want that 1” drop!
 


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THIS is encouraging to me, since unlike most others who are disappointed that the Swifts do not have nearly enough drop for them, I WANT them to have minimal drop over factory ride height (paired with B6es), but still have that significantly higher linear rate. [thumb] [:)]

Agree. For daily driven car in Northeast, I’m hoping for minimal drop from the Swifts.

Interested to see the results.
 


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Ok, got enough time and miles on the springs to consider them fully settled.

With swift springs and stock, 8900 mile dampers:
driver front: 23.5
passenger front: 23.75
passenger rear: 24
driver rear: 23.9375

This gave me exactly 1” in front and .8125” in the rear.

I measured with a small piece of bicycle spoke up uner the fender sticking straight out to ensure I got a vertical measurement from the ground to the top of the fender. I also didn’t look back at the before measurements when I took the after so as not too introduce bias in my reading of the numbers.
 




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