Thought I'd create a thread as I've not managed to find much information on this combination and it may also serve as a useful comparison to mag ride and non mag ride clearances and ride height.
Barring any disasters I'm having Eibach Sportlines fitted tomorrow morning so I'll update the thread with new pictures then.
My car has mag ride but is running on the standard 18 " alloys. The saloon has 19" wheels and mag ride as standard, anyone who has the optional 19" wheels on the Sportback as OEM build from new would have also had to tick the mag ride box. I'm lead to believe from what I've read that mag ride equipped cars sit 5mm higher than cars without it. I believe that this is either to facilitate a more comfortable setting when running 19s or to re-address wheel arch clearance as the 19" wheels and 235 tyre combo are 5mm radially larger than the 18" 225 wheel and tyre combo so the gap from tyre to wheelarch should be the same allowing for loading, bump, snow chains, etc.
For now as a point of reference here are the before shots and measurements :-
Ground to front bumper split line :-
Front wheelarch fender eyebrow to alloy rim :-
Ground to rear bumper split line :-
Rear wheelarch eyebrow to alloy rim :-
Whatever spec your car is suspension wise and wheel tyre combo hopefully the nett drop is what you're looking for so the comparison figures will be what you're looking for.
The Sportlines are quoted as a 25mm front and 20mm rear drop for cars with mag ride and a 20mm front and 15mm rear drop for cars without. From this I'll be looking at 85mm for wheelarch eyebrow to wheel rim both front and rear.
I'll post fitted measurements and pics tomorrow ......
Barring any disasters I'm having Eibach Sportlines fitted tomorrow morning so I'll update the thread with new pictures then.
My car has mag ride but is running on the standard 18 " alloys. The saloon has 19" wheels and mag ride as standard, anyone who has the optional 19" wheels on the Sportback as OEM build from new would have also had to tick the mag ride box. I'm lead to believe from what I've read that mag ride equipped cars sit 5mm higher than cars without it. I believe that this is either to facilitate a more comfortable setting when running 19s or to re-address wheel arch clearance as the 19" wheels and 235 tyre combo are 5mm radially larger than the 18" 225 wheel and tyre combo so the gap from tyre to wheelarch should be the same allowing for loading, bump, snow chains, etc.
For now as a point of reference here are the before shots and measurements :-
Ground to front bumper split line :-
Front wheelarch fender eyebrow to alloy rim :-
Ground to rear bumper split line :-
Rear wheelarch eyebrow to alloy rim :-
Whatever spec your car is suspension wise and wheel tyre combo hopefully the nett drop is what you're looking for so the comparison figures will be what you're looking for.
The Sportlines are quoted as a 25mm front and 20mm rear drop for cars with mag ride and a 20mm front and 15mm rear drop for cars without. From this I'll be looking at 85mm for wheelarch eyebrow to wheel rim both front and rear.
I'll post fitted measurements and pics tomorrow ......