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> On 3/18/07 8:06 AM, in article Xns98F75CD2DC3F1tegger@207.14.116.130,
> "Tegger" wrote:
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>> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= wrote
>> in news:MiGKh.56$282.27@trndny04:
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>>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:16:39 +0000, Tegger wrote:
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>>>> "Ph@Boy" wrote in
>>>> news:c5SdnaSEXPa2kGbYnZ2dnUVZ_h2pnZ2d@trueband.net:
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>>>>> Daniel wrote:
>>>>>> Ph@Boy wrote:
>>>>>>> You need to check the height of the vehicle on level ground, usually
>>>>>>> measured from the bottom of the rocker panels, to the factory
>>>>>>> specification. That is the most common check of spring wear.
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>>>>>> What would you deem acceptable sag dimension?
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>>>>> The manufacturer usually sets a specification of "within limits", each
>>>>> model vehicle is usually different. You have to know what the factory
>>>>> setup spec is, to even know how much "sag" you have now. Most springs
>>>>> are not that expensive to purchase. You must replace in pairs. The
>>>>> additional labor required is minimal when you have the car apart for
>>>>> strut replacement alone.
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>>>> Just checked my factory manual for my Integra. There is no height
>>>> specification given.
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>>>> Just checked a number of other Honda manuals I have. No height given in
>>>> any of them. I wonder why?
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>>> tch tch tch...gettin' a little testy, Tegger? ;)
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>> No, really. I'm just a bit surprised there are no specs at all for ride
>> height.
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>> Every other suspension setting is there, even stuff that's not adjustable,
>> but not ride height.
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> Maybe they added it later, but the FSMs for the '96 Odyssey, the '00 TL and
> the '06 CR-V list it in the "dimensions" block in the Spec section at the
> front of the book. Honda calls it "ground clearance".
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On second thought, as I look closer, the ground clearance number isn't useful because they don't actually show where to measure it and its probably not something that's sprung. So it appears the only number in the Honda FSMs that would be usable for a ride height measurement is the overall height number that they illustrate as being from the ground to the top of the car. Hard to measure, but it will give you what you are looking for.