Ride height Elan Sprint

[Type28]

I am just back from a 700 mile costal driving holiday in my Elan and nothing broke, worked loose or generally caused an inconvenience, which was great!
Coming out of a couple of oddly cambered car parks ,on a gradient, the front near side wheel rubbed the wheel arch and I was wondering if the front ride height is a bit low? - see pictures , it’s about 22.5 inches from ground level to the underside of arch, it has adjustable spring platforms and is on 185/80 tyres- car handles like a dream- wondering what ride height others are at?

[661]

I'd measure ground to the front sill. Should be 6" although I prefer a bit of rake and set at 5.5"
The obvious thing is the tyre size. The body was not designed with 185's in mind

[TBG]

Tyres!! 185............phew!!

[lotusfan]

Are those tyres really 185? It says 155 in the photo.

Anyway, St Brian B says 7.5 inches to underside of lower wishbone pivot on chassis at front.

[TBG]

Mike - you have the eyes of an eagle!! 155 should be fine I would have thought.I have 165-70 with an S3 unmodified body. No problems of clearance. If there is I should look elsewhere.

[Type28]

Opps, sorry , yes 155 tyres, don’t know why I typed 185!

[elanner]

Take a look at: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=45547

[alan.barker]

Imho if you want to compare position of Arches it's better to measure to Wheel centre.
Alan

[nmauduit]

from a suspension viewpoint, it is designed to work best with the arms horizontal at rest when adequaletly loaded (driver, prefered fuel level + misc. added company), the manual mentions lower arms height corresponding to that (6"1/4 front, 6" rear) - then as mentioned above tire wall height will have an effect on appearance...

suspension setting : horizontal arms

[Type28]

Thanks folks for the advice