Beached my winter beater Mk1 - how high do those $195 coiloversgo?

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Mark wrote:

> Well I finally had to admit defeat last night.  It was snowing like a
> mofo, so I decided to take another 2am "sideways" tour of the Niagara
> region.  The roads were PERFECT - I was having a blast, until I decided
> to go down some country roads to get to my favorite "S" bends.  I came
> up over a crest of a hill a bit too fast to slow down for a huge drift
> across the road.  All four wheels lifted off the ground and it pulled me
> to the side into the snowbank.  Even with my trusty Michelin snows I
> couldn't unbeach myself...  Damn... Well after about 5 minutes of
> rocking back and forth, a light came on in a farm house nearby.  Good
> thing for that obnoxiously loud exhaust!!!  He came out with his truck
> and offered to push me out...  After spraying him with snow from my
> spinning front wheels and a few pushes later I was free...  
> 
> So, lessons learned:  I need more ground clearance, and farmers are some
> of the friendliest people I've ever met...  How high do those cheapy
> $195 coilovers raise the car at the highest position?

no very. 
I need somebody to measure a set of stock shocks/strut assy. and I'll 
measure my assemebled ones. 

http://cyco.ataxxia.com/gallery/Coilovers

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark.
> 80 S
> 81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K - but it ain't no 4X4
> 75
> 
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