# S2000 opinions? The Miata story... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [December 24, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s2000-opinions-the-miata-story/194364 "2007-12-24T12:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 67
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s2000-opinions-the-miata-story/194364/67 "2007-12-27T18:39:01Z")
> [@psphinx81 = oroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/psphinx81-oroc/34084/13): > > The car would have to be raised a good bit for the kind of clearance I think it’d need, and no, I’m not interested in driving a monster truck around. > > Edit : It’s at stock ride height right now. It’s not like I have the car slammed or anything, guys. After all your bellyaching about the “low” ride height of your Miata, I decided to go down to my garage & measure the lowest points of my truck. It is pretty low for a fullsize, but I have engineered everything to be higher than the front crossmember & front airdam. This meant about 10-12 hrs in modifying the brand new $800 headers, custom fabbed trans crossmember, all of the exhaust tucked up in the frame, no other chassis/suspension component hanging lower, etc, etc. My airdam is 3 1/8" from the ground. My front crossmember is 2 7/8" off of the ground (the oil pan actually is behind the x-member & lower, but too low to reach that far from the side/front of the truck while on the ground). My lower control arm mounts are 3" off of the ground. The spring pockets in the lower control arms are 2 3/4" from the ground. My frame rails are 3 1/4" at their lowest point. I have been driving this truck for about 10 years, exactly at this height, with the same exact tire size & do not have any major problems with bottoming out. Granted I do not use it as a DD, but you aren’t doing so, either. Sure, I have to be careful when entering a drivway, shopping plaza, etc., but my truck is extremely streetable. I am not concerned with the driveability of my truck and I have proven it by doing 2700 miles in a week on the '07 Power Tour (also 1600 miles in a week on the '02 Power Tour). I’ve never gotten it stuck & it rarely ever scrapes or bottoms out. If you would like, you can even come over here & measure it yourself, if you don’t believe me. It sounds more to me that you are bored with the Miata & just want something new. If you had 3/4" of extra height, you would not be any worse off than my truck. You sure could pick that up with different tire diameters & possible spring upgrade. Just my .02 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s2000-opinions-the-miata-story/194364)._