Eye brow Height for escort 2l rs2000 mk2

King KFFL13 will usually give you a height around 295-300mm from the centre of the hub to the bottom of the arch.

My so-called lowered Lovell's springs put the ride height exactly where it was with the original springs.  I really don't see why making a truly lower spring should be so hard.

Only if the original springs sagged in the first 5 years, 'cause that's when I replaced them.  I'm not even sure what "eyebrow height" refers to actually.  Mine's a conventional flat front too.  Actually, I've still got the originals packed away, so when I get around to pulling the struts apart I'll measure them both to see how much the free length varies.

OK, with Lovells FFL-13s fitted to my 2L engined Mk2 my eyebrow height comes in at a towering 330mm!  The current Lovells catalogue lists these as "Sport Low", and at time of fitting I saw the car with so-called standard height springs, which actually raised the front end.  I don't know what the free length of the FFL-13 is, but I dug out the original springs and theirs is 310mm.
 
Actually its not all bad in my case, as where I garage the car has a wicked slope that I can barely get over the crest of without bottoming out, so the extra height is actually beneficial.  Just don't laugh too hard when you see the completed car, as it sure ain't no lowrider!  One less thing for the fuzz to latch onto if they take a dislike to me too I guess.

I'm not.

There's an echo in here!

Gdub
330mm really?  That is higher than a standard GL!  Are you sure you have them seated properly? something is definitely not right there is they are a so called 'low' spring
 
the free length of the springs is irrelevant to the height in the car as you could have 2 springs that are the same length but totally different spring rate which means one will compress further with the weight of the car on it than the other

They've been in the car for about 30 years so if they aren't seated correctly now, they never will be!  Seriously though, I wouldn't say they are higher than a standard GL; I remember it being about standard or just marginally lower.  I have standard height tyres and rims on, and there's about an 5 cms between the top of the tyre and the bottom of the guard.  As that's the about the same as I have at the rear, it doesn't look ridiculous at least.
 
Yes, I"m aware that free length isn't the only consideration; I listed it just as a point of reference for others seeing I had them handy, as springs with a higher rate than standard would definitely have to be shorter overall to qualify as "lowered".  Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age but I might even put the original springs back in for the sake of improving comfort seeing it is just a street car.  If I do I'll post up the difference in height.