4 inches!

[RoseRoyce]

I measured the gap from my tire and fender and holy shit its a 4 inch gap. This means I'll need adjustables if I want the drop to almost tuck right? I don't think the make springs that drop that low

[Quashish]

I think your supposed to measure from the center of the wheel to the fender. I guess since that's where your strut basically is at. That's what I've heard anyway. I'm getting coilovers for my next car though.

[RoseRoyce]

Hmm? If I measure from the center, the number would be way larger. Then how would I determine how much of a drop I need?

Dude I want coilovers so bad! Lol before I joined this site I bought cheap ass eBay adjustables. My friends keep telling me to just use it but after chillin on this site a lot , I've learned that its not the smartest idea.

What kind of coilovers u plan on getting?

[Quashish]

Yeah the number would be bigger. I'm not sure haha that's just what I've heard

Probably just F&F type ones. They're only like $500 ish dollars. Everyone on here seems to like them.

[RoseRoyce]

Ya I guess the question is how to determine the drop you want when looking at your fender gap. Idk. Ya I want the function coilovers too. EBay has a lot. Then you'll prolly have to buy a camber kit

[RoseRoyce]

holy shit right. Ready for offroading . So if I wanted this to almost tuck, how would I figure out the measurement?

[XCRN]

Any lower you will have to remove the mud flaps. You can lower at most an inch with your current setup. Get larger tires, that will decrease the gap between tire and fender and will raise the car off the ground more so you can lower the body more. Those look like 17" wheels, if so get some XXX/45R17 tires which are very close to what the factory tires were.

[RoseRoyce]

Na bro I have a lot more room till the mud flaps touch. Prolly not a good pic I chose. A lot of people are running 17s with the 40 series.

[XCRN]

Well the larger tires will still reduce the gap between the two and it seems like your focus is on the fender/wheel rather than body/ground.

[RoseRoyce]

Ya I thought of that. I just don't like the look of thick tires. I like low pros and I think 18s are gona look too big. Also I don't wanna have to buy another set of rims

[XCRN]

Well my wheels look quite the same to yours so you can at least have an idea of what they look like, I still need to do a drop myself but I have the 45R17 on.

Now that I re-read it are your wheels 17"?

[PakaloloHonda]

I don't believe that there's a formula per se' but ..

Why not just get the F&F ones, and start out with 75% of the total drop .. and go from there?
Just be careful, because as XCRN stated above," your focus is on the fender/wheel rather than body/ground." Or, atleast it reads that way.
Nevertheless, the F&F will settle in about a year or so. Mine settled almost 5/8" in a lil over a year. If, when you're done at 75%, and it doesn't look right ..
keep working it until it is .. I'd def go with a 225/45/17 though .. that WILL help!

Pics when you're done .. I wanna see ..

[RoseRoyce]

Well my wheels look quite the same to yours so you can at least have an idea of what they look like, I still need to do a drop myself but I have the 45R17 on.

Now that I re-read it are your wheels 17"?

Ya it's 205/40/17. Guess I do need thicker tires.

I don't believe that there's a formula per se' but ..

Why not just get the F&F ones, and start out with 75% of the total drop .. and go from there?
Just be careful, because as XCRN stated above," your focus is on the fender/wheel rather than body/ground." Or, atleast it reads that way.
Nevertheless, the F&F will settle in about a year or so. Mine settled almost 5/8" in a lil over a year. If, when you're done at 75%, and it doesn't look right ..
keep working it until it is .. I'd def go with a 225/45/17 though .. that WILL help!

Pics when you're done .. I wanna see ..

Ya Il do that. I really want the drop either right above the tire or a tiny bit tucked and I didn't even think about the mudflaps or body/ground. I wonder how people are able to accomplish that look bc I see a lot and there rims aren't that big. Must be a bigger tire. -btw are you from Hawaii? A lot of people frm Hawaii calls weed pakalolo

[accordztech]

You can just have worn out springs. That's a factory gap. Once I went with prokits it gave me a immediate 3 finger gap. So don't use your current height as a judgment.

[RoseRoyce]

I think I kinda understand. So if I got springs that lowered my car 2" it doesn't mean my car will be lowered 2" bc it's not the right height right now? So a 2" drop spring will prolly lower my car more then taking off 2" from what you see in the picture? Idk how to explain things sorry if my post sounds stupid lol