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Old 04-27-2010, 09:16 PM
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I just checked all my heights again. The wheel arch edge to floor measurements are the exactly same as PatrickT (above). However, given the variability in some of these body shells and their fitting to chassis, I think the 'look" of the car is only one consideration, and probably not an initial one in making adjustments.

The actual height of suspension components above the floor seem more relevant to the set up of the car. I measured from set points on my suspension to the floor and also down from the front and rear (each side) along the sill (from where the 'roll' of the Harrison body meets what is usually a long strip or moulding along the bottom 'edge'). These two sets of measurements would appear to be more relevant, I suspect than the wheel arch. The suspension to floor ones perhaps even more relevant. The sill to floor ones were 180mm Front and 200mm Rear. That is, to maintain sufficient (??) under car clearance (what ever that is decided to be by each of us at the lowest points - after rego) and also to obtain some hope of suspension equivalence from side to side and also avoid the dreaded 'droop'?

I would be interested in what other Harrison owners have found.

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