Does anyone think the car looks a bit odd?

I find it so frustrating looking at my car now, the front seems to be lower than the back, checking pictures on-line it seems the same on other cars of the same model as well.

On the performance side of things surly this puts the car out of balance with more weight on the front wheels which would surly have a negative effect on braking.

Not being a mechanic or motor engineer I could be wrong on the performance side of things. Anyone else noticed this though?

P.s, It is frustrating me so much I am considering lowering the car (a little), seeing if I can drop the back 20mm and the front 10mm (springs only). Any advice on lowering the back more?

Weight distribution will always be front biased on a front engined car

I think you are confusing styling with ride height?

Jonboy582 said:

Does anyone think the car looks a bit odd?

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I think its quite common for the front ride height to be slightly lower than the rear - I think the Bravos' styling, particularly around the side windows also creates an impression of a lot of forward-rake. Personally I think its all killer!:worship:

as said above, it looks worse than it is due to styling

Perhaps the styling has something to do with it, however my crude measurements of a stick and my finger show there is about a 3cm difference between front and back.

On to the second point, can you see any negative impacts of lowering the ride hight on the back more than the front?

There are no disadvantages in handling. I have 2 sets of springs on mines (Eibach Sportlines front, SPAX SSX rear) and it handles 10x better than standard. I did get lucky though.

Sidenote, my springs are meant to lower between 45-50mm front and 40mm rear. I'd guess it's more like 30 front and 50 rear, and it looks kinda dodge, like the rear is lower than the front. In actual fact, the sills at the front are slightly lower than at the back still. The front wheel arches are bigger and you can see that even with a guessed extra 20mm lower rear than front, the rear door handles are higher than front, and all the styling rises to the back.