Poor man's way to reduce the gap?

[Copralite]

Hi all,

So for driveway clearance reasons, I can't really lower my vehicle more than one inch, if I am lucky and take it at an angle.

I've also heard it looks hella stupid to get new rims if you do not lower, because the gap is more noticeable.

That being said, does anyone make trim / kit pieces for wheel wells, that would reduce the gap appearance without having to the lower the vehicle?

Thanks for any info!

[xet]

not that i know of.. but you can do like eibach springs i think those are around 1"

[Venom_5]

yeah, get Eibach Springs or H&R OE Sports ... minimal drop ... H&R Sports (not the OE's) are also fairly mild, just ask eyeball96 ... i dont think he's had any problems with driveability on H&R Sports

[m52go]

tein h techs are six tenths in front and one tenth in the back ...

not too much of a poormans way though ...

[Zviator]

here's the poorman way: cut spring ^^

[DarkMastyr]

Originally Posted by Camricer

here's the poorman way: cut spring ^^

...

well at least you do your name proud.

[m52go]

honestly, on second thought, if youre limit to lower is really that low, money-wise and drop-wise, i don't think anything you can do is worth the time/effort/money ...

[prnc_chrmng]

get fat friends

[DarkMastyr]

^nah they'll cost a lot of money when you go to an In'n'Out and they forget their wallet....

[uibalnme]

[whip_cracker]

Lol ^

Spring cuttin - Bogan style. They do that here on the Commodores and Falcons here ahahahaha

If not, get a smaller profile tyre?? You'll put ya Speedo out, but hey, that's a poor man's way?? (Even though tyres will cost a fortune anyway).

[Mazeraski]

I'd say wait until you can get the cash to lower it. Go with one of Venom's suggestions. The only trim pieces around the wheel well I've seen are on a gen 3 Camry around here that has chrome trim on it's wheel wells that seemingly has no other use except for just looking plain ugly.

[Copralite]

I'm not sure it's worth the cash for new springs and struts just to reduce the gap by one inch? Dunno.

If I didn't mind the speedometer being off a bit, could I just go with a higher sidewall height on new tires? Anybody know how far off the speedometer would be? Running stock tires on my Gen 4.5 now.

[Venom_5]

consider that with aftermarket springs, handling should also improve ... not just ride height ... ive heard good things about handling with the H&R Sports that i mentioned, cant say anything about the Eibachs because most people dont get them, so i havent talked to anyone thats used them

check out this tire calc for speedo % offset: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

it wont be much, remember that at 100mph your speedo would read 97% if its 3% too slow and vice versa - which isnt much considering speeds under that will be a smaller difference and 3% difference is caused by a fairly large difference in tire diameters

[ECale3]

The eibachs are fantastic in terms of handling and ride quality. I had them on my Scepter.