you think she is low?
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I think it looks good. Looks to be the same drop as mine, 30mm.
Looks a tad too low the way it's worn through your inner wings. I'd check if your front shocks are working as they should. When there're worn they don't return to full height very quickly, if at all.
Ooh hadn't looked at that picture aswell. Yeah there is an issue there. The car as a whole doesn't look to low so like Gary says possibility worn shocks or a broken spring? Have you checked the other side to see if it has worn through?
Wake up Dave 
Sorry GarryWake up Dave
Appears to have been intentionally cut rather than worn through.
There're worn through, have a look in the crease right above the tyre on the edge of the liner.
Knackered shocks
Well hell!, It was like that when I bought it and assumed if you dropped them like we do , this was typical.
looks like Im buying shocks. they aren't the original and the spring are L&M racing springs and its only had about 35000 easy miles since it was dropped. The number on the springs suggest it is for a 36 car like a 318. the race springs say that they will lower 1.5" or 38 mm in rear and up 2.5" in the front which would be 63 mm. Maybe that's why
Im going to go measure the front, Ill be back
Im going to go measure the front, Ill be back
609.6 mm from ground to top of front wheel opening
647.7 mm from ground to top of rear wheel opening
114.3 mm from ground to front end
647.7 mm from ground to top of rear wheel opening
114.3 mm from ground to front end
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Doesn't look any lower than mine no wear on my liners though, maybe check your spring / shocks are OK?
Springs are great must be shocks ,but it doesn't bounce or handle bad. I just assumed the shocks were done at the same time as the springs, but maybe not.
Never assume!
Could they have changed the springs again at a later date?
Shocks are pretty easy to check by pushing on the corner of the car and making sure it comes back up and stops in a controlled manner.
Shocks also don't control as much compression. They can travel up much easier then they will allow the wheel to come back down. Even gas charged shocks that self extend don't have much lift at all.
Shocks are pretty easy to check by pushing on the corner of the car and making sure it comes back up and stops in a controlled manner.
Shocks also don't control as much compression. They can travel up much easier then they will allow the wheel to come back down. Even gas charged shocks that self extend don't have much lift at all.
very little movement when you press down on the corners