[arpad_m]

Can someone confirm that this 1.75" quarter panel to rear tire gap is normal on a 2018 non-1LE MRC 2SS? I'm inexperienced, but it looks a bit too much to me.

The car has neither the 1LE suspension package (LPO: SCJ, part # 84233245) nor the sway bar upgrade (part # 84242386). Perhaps the answer is that it should, heh, but I'd like to be enlightened first. Thanks in advance for the info.

[laynlo15]

That's a lot of gap. You hadn't recently raised the car on jacks had you?

[Emoto]

Originally Posted by laynlo15

That's a lot of gap. You hadn't recently raised the car on jacks had you?

Pardon my ignorance, but how would that affect things?

[SSDan]

Originally Posted by Emoto

Pardon my ignorance, but how would that affect things?

Most cars will ride higher than normal for a few miles until the suspension settles after the wheels are jacked off the ground. The suspension is going from un-sprung weight while in the air to sprung weight once the tires are back on the ground so there is a settling period until the car is back to normal ride height.

FWIW - my non-MRC SS rides at the same height as the OPs MRC equipped car (I just went out to the garage and measured). At the last CamaroFest I asked Al O. and the rest of his Camaro engineering team if they would consider a lower ride height for future production as I thought the car looks like a pick-up truck with the stock ride heights. The basic answer I got was they set the ride height where it is due to factory construction constraints and that if I wanted a lower ride height I should go buy the GM spring/strut package ($1500 plus labor) in the Gm performance catalog. SMH

[Emoto]

SSDan, thank you for the explanation!

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by laynlo15

That's a lot of gap. You hadn't recently raised the car on jacks had you?

Nope. Last time it was raised was over a week ago (at the dealership), so even if that were the cause, the suspension should've settled by now, or am I wrong?

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by SSDan

Most cars will ride higher than normal for a few miles until the suspension settles after the wheels are jacked off the ground. The suspension is going from un-sprung weight while in the air to sprung weight once the tires are back on the ground so there is a settling period until the car is back to normal ride height.

FWIW - my non-MRC SS rides at the same height as the OPs MRC equipped car (I just went out to the garage and measured). At the last CamaroFest I asked Al O. and the rest of his Camaro engineering team if they would consider a lower ride height for future production as I thought the car looks like a pick-up truck with the stock ride heights. The basic answer I got was they set the ride height where it is due to factory construction constraints and that if I wanted a lower ride height I should go buy the GM spring/strut package ($1500 plus labor) in the Gm performance catalog. SMH

@SSDan, thanks a lot for the explanation.

Overall ride quality doesn't seem to be affected by the height, or perhaps my butt isn't sensitive enough yet. I've given some thought to that suspension track pack, but there are other priorities at the moment (basically, wifey gets a few budget slots for a while )

[1LE caSSper]

Road car not a race car.. normal

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[PolynesianPowerhouse]

Originally Posted by 1LE caSSper

Road car not a race car.. normal

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agreed.

gotta remember, they make cars to travel not only the smooth roads and stuff, but also cities with potholes, bad suburban areas, or if you live on a farm road for example.

even the GM lowering kits only lower 20mm, which is barely 3/4 of a single inch. the ZL1 1LE only gives you 10mm of lowering (1/2 inch is 12.7mm).

[chozn4service]

Originally Posted by SSDan

Camaro engineering team if they would consider a lower ride height for future production as I thought the car looks like a pick-up truck with the stock ride heights. The basic answer I got was they set the ride height where it is due to factory construction constraints and that if I wanted a lower ride height I should go buy the GM spring/strut package ($1500 plus labor) in the Gm performance catalog. SMH

I spoke to the GM/Chevy engineers at PRI30 this past December and they told me to get the GM Performance Lowering Kit if I wanted to lower my car, which I did and they also suggested the sways FE4 bars and end links. I got the parts from the ThatGMPartsGuy for less than what you posted and just had them installed last Friday. The car now looks the way that I want it, the ride is phenomenal and I can't complain at all in what I have now.

[SSDan]

Originally Posted by chozn4service

I spoke to the GM/Chevy engineers at PRI30 this past December and they told me to get the GM Performance Lowering Kit if I wanted to lower my car, which I did and they also suggested the sways FE4 bars and end links. I got the parts from the ThatGMPartsGuy for less than what you posted and just had them installed last Friday. The car now looks the way that I want it, the ride is phenomenal and I can't complain at all in what I have now.

I appreciate the feedback and you make my point. I have to spend extra money to get my car to sit a a decent height. I hear what others say about enough clearance to handle street driving conditions. I also say look at any BMW on the road and that is what ride height for a sports car should look like and those cars handle rough road conditions just fine. Ok - rant over.

[sixty9fordkiller]

Just put some fat chicks in the back and call it a day

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[chozn4service]

Originally Posted by sixty9fordkiller

Just put some fat chicks in the back and call it a day

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[Pollock]

Originally Posted by sixty9fordkiller

Just put some fat chicks in the back and call it a day

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That will breakin the suspension