I think a lot of it has to do with spring sag. If a car is old and has been well used, including large loads be transported along with rough roads that cause more suspension travel the springs will sag more. If a car has been garage kept and only ever driven to church on Sunday by grandma with no extra load the springs probably won't sag as much.

Or the car could have a ton or bricks in the trunk. Or it could have a few dead bodies in the trunk.

Or the owner could have done the proper thing and drop it like it's hot. Either spring/strut combo or coilovers, not cut springs, those are for tards.

 

I also see heavier set people have the back end lowered. Also my sister used to carry in the Corolla she used to have lots of newspapers for delivery. Well over time the back end of the car was lowered. Also it smelled of ink, like too much of it. :lol:

 

One should just go look at the old Taurus. If you put like, 2 pounds in the back seat, the whole rear end of those cars will sag so that the tires are actually in the wheel well.

 

Probably spring fatigue.

 

are you comparing camrys to camrys or camrys to other cars? the body kit on the camry se help makes it look lower.

 

Let's say Camry LE to Camry LE. Because they are so popular, often they are with the same equipt, like wheel covers.

 

Simple answer - tire pressure.

Believe it or not, a few PSI more or less tire pressure can change the ride height of the car. Roughly, a car at 38 PSI will be about 1 inch taller than a car at 28 PSI.

 

Simple answer - tire pressure.

Believe it or not, a few PSI more or less tire pressure can change the ride height of the car. Roughly, a car at 38 PSI will be about 1 inch taller than a car at 28 PSI.

But that will not affect the wheel/fender gaps.

 

Using two cars you see parked is a bad example because you don't know what is in the trunk or what other crap is in the car weighing it down. It also doesn't take into account mileage, use, etc. as a car with more use is going to have springs that aren't as strong as they once were.

 

Blown struts.