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Old 11-07-2011, 01:55 PM   #1
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Stock ride height 55.5

Anyone know what the stock ride height is of a 55.5 i forgot to measure what mine was before doing my MII front end and i want to see how much it dropped. the front of the step is what I measured from and it was about 10 inches I'm liking the stance it has
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Old 11-07-2011, 06:01 PM   #2
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Re: Stock ride height 55.5

I'm curious myself, I measured mine before I did my sub frame swap but lost the notes I made also it was without eng/trans in. If I remember correctly it was 18.5" from the bottom of the frame to the ground but I'm just going from memory so it might be wrong
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Old 11-09-2011, 10:09 PM   #3
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Re: Stock ride height 55.5

I don't know if this will help you but my 59 measured 14" at the front of the step.
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Tires were 205/75/15
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Old 11-13-2011, 01:14 AM   #4
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Re: Stock ride height 55.5

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I don't know if this will help you but my 59 measured 14" at the front of the step.
No motor or tranny
No front sheetmetal
Tires were 205/75/15
IMO that sounds about right since the frame sits a few inches higher than the door sill, out of curiosity I measured mine in the same place (after camaro subframe w/eng, trans & sheetmetal) and it's 8.5" I still have about 300lbs to go on which will likely drop it to 8"
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Old 11-19-2011, 12:54 AM   #5
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Re: Stock ride height 55.5

Okay, its a 58 3100, with P235 / 75B15 tires. At the seam like in the last picture its right at 14", with engine 235 and 3speed trans, missing the front bumper, I doubt the bumber weight will make a difference.
This was measured at the seam not the bottom like above. And since the above picture the edge looks bent down some that isn't a very accurate way to measure it. Using the above method mine would be at 12.5 ".
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Old 11-19-2011, 02:54 AM   #6
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Thanks dicer
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