ok so i had my ss s/c since may of 07 and my friend had his since november.

well i was really looking at his SS and i noticed that his car is lower than mine. hesa good friend of mine and he told me that he didnt lower it and thats the way it came.


so whats the deal. hes like a whole inch on me....is that just weird or plain luck??? idk.



any ideas?

 

if yours is a base model ls lt or ltz, theres different springs in the base models and the ss and then a different set in the ss s/c

 

mhmm

 

Time to read the original post.

 

Post pics of this phenominon! lol

 

i'll take pics of it side by side because me and him have been thinking up random excuses for this mess. I want mine lowered for free lmfao


but just to give you an idea i have 3" for the rear wheel and he has 2". not a noticeable difference but something i just randomly saw one day while in a walmart parking lot.

 

haha me too

 

maybe he has aftermarket rims? or are both stock? wheels/tires?

 

Maybe he's just really fat and its made his springs sag more over time!!!!

 

lol, maybe

 

lmfao. nah man hes S2 like me but i have intake he doesnt. and after that, nothing.

im 130 5'6 hes like 125 5'6

but im off to work. be back later. im running so late :X i start at 8:00AM eastern time and uhhh its a 10 mile drive :X

 

I noticed that on my LT too. Some LT looks ok, where as mine has the 4X4 look. Exact same model, exact same OEM 15" wheel, exact trans, etc. I parked it next to the other car on purpose. Other may say "i'm on drugs" and it should be the same. But I know what I'm seeing. I don't think photos will show the difference.

 

if you mean you've had yours since november '07, then you actually just kind of answered your own question right there. your car is older. the springs have settled more and are more worn on your car than his, thus they're not going to sit at their original height.

 

My LS and my moms base model are dif heights as well. Mine is a little lower than hers. It may be due to the fact hers is a sedan vs my coupe....

 

did you both buy them new? i think he might have gotten a used one with the SSC drop.

 

Wow you guys are small as ****!!!!

 

When I purchased my car there was a Silver SS/SC and a Yellow SS/SC I was deciding between and the Yellow one looked like it had a lift kit on it. Both cars were brand new on the lot with the same exact test drive mileage. Before I even started to look for the car me and my dad decided we were going to lower it, but the silver one already looked lowered from the factory so I purchased that car. Maybe there's a problem in production, but I still have no idea why these cars would be different heights when their the same model.


Mike

 

this is interesting...maybe to color of the car makes one look lower compared to another...also it may have something to do with what is in your trunk

 

my car looks lower compared to other ss/sc's also.....

 

alright guys im back.


well we both bought the car brand spankin new.

its the same everything (stock for stock) except were both S2 and i have an airbox mod thats all. stock rims, stock PZEROs and all.


all in all he has it lowered for some reason and my cars height has never changed i know this because i love my car. i know it was 3 inches when i bought it till about 5 minutes ago when i checked it.


idk whats up but i talked to him and hes gonna get me a picture of his ride.

 

gremlins

 

I was watching a show where Eibach said that stock springs can vary 15 -20% from each other where as their's are within 2% . Maybe that has something to do with it .

 

pics ftw.... of both cars

 

yeah factory specs say that suspension components only have to be within 20% of bein the same all the way around a vehicle.. if most of you havent ever noticed chevy trucks are usually always leanin to one side or down in one corner like somethin is wore out.. i had a friend take a brand new truck back to the dealer a few years ago bout this and thats what they told him.. they said they would replace the spring on that side but it probably wouldnt fix it and that its common..

 

I was gunna guess weight in the trunk or something... but this makes more sense. It would be nearly impossible to get all the springs perfect.