Make car a bit lower

[twister77]

I am trying to figure out how to make a car lower to the ground. I wanted to change some fancy big wheels on one of the cars with something more "normal". As these replacement wheels are bit smaller, once I put them on the car there is a lot of space left around the new wheels inside the wheel arches. So, if I could make the body of the car a little bit lower, that would fix the extra space problem. So, if somebody could tell me what needs to be adjusted in order to make a car closer to the ground, that would be appreciated. Thanks..

 

[Splashonda]

On both the front and rear suspension, change the y value!

 

[Stereo]

Decreasing the restlen of the suspension will do it, too - that way the suspension stays mounted at the same spot, you're just shortening it.


That is, car.ini susp_front.restlen and susp_rear.restlen

You might have to change the minlen as well, also decreasing it. Otherwise it hits the bump stops.

 

[KS95]

And you could always rescale those wheels if you'd prefer. You could use Racer's modeler program for that

 

[twister77]

Thank you guys, restlen adjustment did the trick..

 

[twister77]

Well, might as well show what I was working on. I never personally liked the look of the original wheels on the Seat (plus brake pads were spinning together with the rims!!), so I wanted to change it. Of course, credit goes first to people that created the Seat and then to AMGfan as I "borrowed" wheels from one of his cars for my custom mod..

 

[luthobu]

Looks really nice (Not really here, just lurking.. )

 

[KS95]

Indeed, very nice

 

[QuadCoreMax]

Thx for this thread, want to see more like this one !

 

[luthobu]

Thx for this thread, want to see more like this one !

You are in luck! Here is one almost identical.. and I get to show off my personal Racer wiki

Oh, and to stay on-topic, I agree, thanks for this thread! I really needed this info today!

 

[WiNdE]

Thanks! I have been looking for this.