ride height : raising advice

[anditsoundslikebells]

having driven it a while decked the time has come to make it more drivable.

current:

I have KW-V3 + rear rebound extensions (poking through the trim), 034 adjustable upper control arms, H&R ARB.
I will fit 8mm h&r hubcentric spacers.

My thinking is to soften the ride, raise it a touch, fit the spacers to fill the arches.
I'm hoping it won't scare the $h!t out of me anymore when I hit a bump in the road, still be planted and not scrape on speed bumps.

I'm taking it to a place that has been recommended for suspension setup and corner weighting.

I remember there are many posts on here but never got down to an exact recommendation for these coilovers. I guess I can ask them to use the current as a reference and make it less stiff.

I've been looking for the perfect refernce and closest I've found is these two:

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I like how much (slightly strecthed) tyre wall you see, and the gap between tyre/arch, on the ABT.... Totally different car to mine, but the US Viper 6 isn't far off.

I'm going to the place on Friday so wondered if anyone had their 10 cents worth?

I'll post a breakdown of what we did and pics on the weekend!

[steve2003rs6]

For what it’s worth. Mine was set up at unit 20 when new suspension was installed. IIRC one inch from top of tyre to centre of wheel arch.
But I have seen lots of cars lower than that.
I figure unit 20 know more about these cars than I ever will. So left mine as above. I like it.

[anditsoundslikebells]

i can get my finger between the tyre and the arch at the moment so I guess I have some way to go!
for me, looks great, just not so drivable.
my SP4S are 255 on 9.5x19, if i did it again i'd get 277 for less strech. Then I think the car wouldn't need to be so low for the same look + more tyre.

seeing mavada's they look great, also pretty low, perfect stance
live & learn i guess

[Foxmeister]

I personally think your car looks amazing as it sits currently, but i get the issue with roads etc, we also have the same issues here in the UK with crap roads, and i also have a bit of a steep drop at the start of my drive or i would consider setting mine a bit lower

[Shoppinit]

Why don't you just raise it a cm or so to see how you get on?