im thinking about getting my car lowered but i will only be rolling on 15" chasers for a while, in the future i wanna get 18s or 19s. so if i lower my car now to suit the 15s will it sit higher when i get the 18 or 19s because of the different wheel height? cheers Luke

well it will sit high when you put on the 18's just whait till you get the 18's :-) then you will be happy

Yeh do it all at once, or you will be paying twise Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

The body will sit at the same height relative to the springs and shocks, but will physically be higher off the ground with bigger wheels.

oh dear... bigger rims do not nessacarily mean bigger height. the rims are larger, but with larger rims, you put smaller profile tyres on so the rolling diameter should not change (or minimally). The law (in QLD anyway) is that you cannot change the rolling diameter of the rim/tyre by more than 13mm smaller or 26mm larger. For a standard VL Calais on 15's, the tyres on the placard say 205/65/15. If you go 18's and use a 235/40/18, the difference in diameter is -2.3mm (ie, your car will sit 1.15mm lower!)

Ah crap. I hate making retard comments. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by InsaneVL oh dear... bigger rims do not nessacarily mean bigger height. the rims are larger, but with larger rims, you put smaller profile tyres on so the rolling diameter should not change (or minimally). The law (in QLD anyway) is that you cannot change the rolling diameter of the rim/tyre by more than 13mm smaller or 26mm larger. For a standard VL Calais on 15's, the tyres on the placard say 205/65/15. If you go 18's and use a 235/40/18, the difference in diameter is -2.3mm (ie, your car will sit 1.15mm lower!) Thankyou for your help and also thanks to the others that helped

Quote: Originally Posted by InsaneVL oh dear... bigger rims do not nessacarily mean bigger height. the rims are larger, but with larger rims, you put smaller profile tyres on so the rolling diameter should not change (or minimally). The law (in QLD anyway) is that you cannot change the rolling diameter of the rim/tyre by more than 13mm smaller or 26mm larger. For a standard VL Calais on 15's, the tyres on the placard say 205/65/15. If you go 18's and use a 235/40/18, the difference in diameter is -2.3mm (ie, your car will sit 1.15mm lower!) You just made me trip out im a fool makes sense. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.