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How far off the ground is a genuine Walinshaw?

Started by vysv8 · 25 July 2003 · 32 replies

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aus880Archived member
If an ant lifts his head up mine would hit him with the lower spoiler section fitted
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NZ VLCTArchived member
pic? please
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OldGoldArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by komodowagon well concidering that 100mm is legal and the walkys were all made to adr and compliance that would mean that they would have to be atleast 100mm :. 120mm sounds about right. 38mm man roads between surfaces can vary upto 20mm ther for you would only have 18mm of clearance without suspension travel. bugger that Quite sure they were delivered without the lip fitted, and the dealer/buyer could do so at their own discretion.
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ILLUSIVArchived member
Some were delieved without the lip, but they were towards the end. The majority of them came with the lip on.
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walky509Archived member
mine is 90mm and i got defected cause its gotta be 100mm, thats with lip on, easy to drive, very stiff front
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Psi_WagonArchived member
man this thread is old, but ill post the pics anyway, sorry bout the quality.
Photo 1 shared by Psi_WagonPhoto 2 shared by Psi_Wagon
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Psi_WagonArchived member
and yes i realise the date on the camera is wrong, lol
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oma72Archived member
Mine use to be 100mm as i got pulled over by the cops 4 years ago down Gold Coast-they had a stick with a wheel on it that was 4"dia and it just touched the underside of the bottom piece.They let me go but then talked to me for an hour about my Walky,very rare these days.Its now about 127mm as i have fitted 19"wheels(had 17")
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CorsaArchived member
I would be interested to hear how your car got that much extra ground clearance by changing rims. Corsa
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oma72Archived member
I may have over estimated 100-125mm but before i put the 19" on i compaired them next to the original 16"rim and it was at least 25mm bigger.I duck down to the garage with a tape measure and confirm the ground clearance. I was close-its now 120mm.I also mesured the outside dia of both tyre sizes,19" was 630mm(245x40 series Falken)and 16" is 610mm(205x55 series). Hopefully i won't have to repair the bottom front bib as much anymore.
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CorsaArchived member
Bonus for your front bar but definetley not for your speedometer accuracy. 245/30/19 would be the closest you could get to factory tyre circumference. With the 245/40/19 you will be travelling about 7.5% quicker than it indicates. Corsa
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oma72Archived member
Thanks for that Corsa,havn't driven it much since i bolted on the 19's.Also i just doubled checked they are 245 35 series not 40 series as i stated before. Had 17" 235 40 series for 9 years on the Walky.
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SEXIE-REDArchived member
psiwagon, is that yours?? ITS TUFF AS!!!! that is by far the toughest wagon i have ever seeeen
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