Anybody have the measurement for the stock ride height for a Cooper S? Ground to bottom of arch? I've got a suspension rebuild in progress and I've got one side higher than the other and I want to make sure I'm working to figure out the correct side. On the stock suspension is the lower control arm basically parallel with the ground when loaded? My current thinking is the high side is gummed up or I forgot to run the strut through a couple compression/rebound cycles before installing it.

 

if it's on any help I can go to my garage and measure all 4 corners on mine for you ....

 

Just one of the fronts would be great.

 

ok...after I drop my wife off to work I will get those for you..

 

Would the height be different depending on if you have stock tires/wheels?

 

25" driver side, 25 1/4" passenger in the front here, measured directly above the center of the wheel, running Bridgestone 205/45RF17 tires.

 

Here you go BUT I am running 205/55r15.....

 

yes, along with sagging springs over time or if there are under tower plates to prevent mushrooming.

Unless I’m missing something, measuring the distance from the center of the hub instead of the ground should eliminate the wheel/tire size difference, but not the sagging springs or plates.

 

Thanks everyone. That strut just needed to be ran through its stroke and now I'm fairly even and about the same as the measurement here. Thanks again.

 

Yep they need to settle most of the time, it it may take like a couple days of driving.