Car Raise

[Daniel Rye]

I just installed the new front lip for my 2013 ford fusion hybrid and I would like to know if anyone has raised there car. I need to make mine since I barely make it up my driveway. If you have any help or suggestions feel free to help me out. I will post picks of it in the morning as its dark here now!

[md13ffhguy]

Did you install a stock replacement? I can't imagine that anyone's modified their suspension here, but I've seen crazier things.

[Griswald]

You might be the first person in history to wamt to lift a car!

 

I sn not real familiar with the springd, but could you add a spring rubber, like in NASCAR?

[Daniel Rye]

Would I be able to use these on the stock Springs?

You might be the first person in history to wamt to lift a car!

 

I sn not real familiar with the springd, but could you add a spring rubber, like in NASCAR?

[murphy]

A spring rubber does not lift a spring. It prevents the spring from collapsing as much as it would otherwise under load. A Nascar race car has a spoiler on the back which provides significant down force at high speed.

[Griswald]

Summit sells spring lift rubber rings.

[Waldo]

A spring rubber does not lift a spring. It prevents the spring from collapsing as much as it would otherwise under load. A Nascar race car has a spoiler on the back which provides significant down force at high speed.

 

But just sitting at curb weight, the spring is already quite collapsed, you don't need downforce, just the weight of the car.

 

But raising the car by any means has consequences. The suspension geometry is carefully tuned to the exact ride height, raising or lowering will change the bumpsteer and camber curves, resulting in less than ideal handling. The slight rise in center of gravity won't help either, plus things like spring rubbers will increase the spring rate, which will make the ride worse. And of course the main reason the car is so low in the first place is for fuel economy. Are you willing to sacrifice all those things?

[ElectricFan69]

I just installed the new front lip for my 2013 ford fusion hybrid and I would like to know if anyone has raised there car. I need to make mine since I barely make it up my driveway. If you have any help or suggestions feel free to help me out. I will post picks of it in the morning as its dark here now!

Rather than a steel-spring lift kit, a kit like this might be a better choice. Although it's advertised as a 'lowering' kit, air springs do allow you to tailor the ride height to your preference, including 'hitching up the pants' when you need to go over a dip. It's a bit spendy if you go 'all in', but it's a way to have the ride height that can be tailored to road conditions.

[Peter Davio]

Enter the driveway at a somewhat oblique angle, and no need to raise the car at all. I lowered my 92 Miata about 1.5 inches and had the R-type front lip. I would still occasionally scrape if I didn't give the turn in some thought, but otherwise it was fine, and I had a pretty steep driveway. I can't imagine that with a bit of thought to approach angels that your FFH is so low that it would still scrape.

[machoman1337]

Enter the driveway at a somewhat oblique angle, and no need to raise the car at all. I lowered my 92 Miata about 1.5 inches and had the R-type front lip. I would still occasionally scrape if I didn't give the turn in some thought, but otherwise it was fine, and I had a pretty steep driveway. I can't imagine that with a bit of thought to approach angels that your FFH is so low that it would still scrape.

 

Backing in is also an option, and in fact stupidly easy with the rearview camera option.

 

If there's a concrete stopper in front of the parking space, that more or less guarantees I'm gonna back in, otherwise the stopper could damage my front bumper. Since the rear bumper is quite a bit higher, that makes for some great peace of mind.

Edited January 31, 2016 by machoman1337