Who uses their height adjustment?

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Feb 17, 2013 | 12:17 PM
  #1  
Who uses their height adjustment? And under what circumstances? I understand if you know you'll be driving roads where you think you need a little more clearance, but curious how others use this in real-life scenarios?
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Feb 17, 2013 | 12:24 PM
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Quote: Who uses their height adjustment? And under what circumstances? I understand if you know you'll be driving roads where you think you need a little more clearance, but curious how others use this in real-life scenarios?

On rough roads I use the comfort setting and sometimes even on smooth roads as it makes the car "float" nicely. Comfort is a bit softer and stands the car a little bit higher than sport setting.

I use the raised high position when I park it as it gives clearance to the concrete stops in parking lots.
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Feb 17, 2013 | 03:47 PM
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I am usually in sport mode so there isn't so much space in my tire wells
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Feb 17, 2013 | 04:07 PM
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I'm going to get torn a new one for admitting this, but I use my raise button when I go to the carwash(yep, I said it,carwash). In the winter when the temp is in the 30's, or below, I take my car to the carwash and before they send it through, I hit my raise button for extra clearance since my car is pretty low with the renntech v3 lowering module.
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Feb 17, 2013 | 04:26 PM
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How much does the car lower in Sport Mode?
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Feb 17, 2013 | 04:36 PM
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Quote: How much does the car lower in Sport Mode?
.88 of an inch if I recall
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Feb 17, 2013 | 04:46 PM
  #7  
Yeah Hype, thats about right(about 3/4") and then the car drops again at high speeds a little also. I forget what speed and how much it drops.
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Feb 17, 2013 | 05:18 PM
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i recently raised my car in a parking structure to avoid the concrete stop like what arrie said but that looks ugly as hell . i immediately lowered it after i hopped back in the car .
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Feb 17, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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Clarifying question on the (right hand) button for Sport/Comfort: This only adjusts damping, and does not change ride height.

Separately (the topic of this thread), pushing the Height button raises (only) the height and has no bearing on the S/C setting.
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Feb 17, 2013 | 06:17 PM
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If I go to the farm in either the E550 or SL500, I raise on the gravel road, partly for the bumps, partly for the manure.
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Feb 17, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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Quote: Clarifying question on the (right hand) button for Sport/Comfort: This only adjusts damping, and does not change ride height.
Wrong! RTFM!
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Feb 17, 2013 | 08:21 PM
  #12  
its just the 550 that has the height adjustment right?
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Feb 25, 2013 | 11:42 AM
  #13  
its also a handy feature if you need to fit chains on the rear wheels...For those of you who havent' completely filled up your wheel well with 20's or something.
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Feb 26, 2013 | 12:22 AM
  #14  
When snow hasn't been cleared in my street, I usually raise my car to get onto the road to avoid the big pieces of ice/snow.
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Feb 27, 2013 | 12:08 AM
  #15  
so could you use the stock electrical equipment for the height adjusment on aftermarket airbags? or use the height management system to overide and go lower than what its designed to do?

I'm thinking about buying this platform car in the near future and I'm going to be going VIP style. Just a couple of questions if anyone knows.
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