MikeX

I'm going to make some custom splash guards, but I need a favor for now. I need one of you that has the molded splash guards on the front to make a small measurement. I would like to know the distance from the lowest point of the factory splash guard to the pavement. It needs to be from an HHR with 16" wheels.

Thanks in advance.

captain howdy

I would measure for you but I have 17"s.

Navyflyer11

me too and mine is lowered.

galladanb

I also have 17's...

Here's a thought, can you not use the 17 inch measurment
and drop whack off an inch, or is my math geomerty
whackie???

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Navyflyer11

might be off depending on the actual tire size.

MikeX

Well, I see what you are saying, but it wouldn't be an inch, it would be 1/2 inch since we are talking the diameter of the wheel, it would place the measurement only 1/2 that difference between the 2 wheel sizes (17-16)/2.

I'll take that measurement if no one responds with a 16" wheel measurement. I just wanted to be very precise (anal-retentive engineer here).

What I am going to do is make front wheel guards that are lower than the factory ones, but not so low that they scrape the ground. I am doing this because I read that even with factory splash guards, the rear paint gets sandblasted. Hence, the factory guards are not low enough to prevent debris from being thrown onto the rear paint. I am going to do some testing with plastic straws taped onto the place where the front guards are installed, to see how low I can go before the straw gets scraped on the pavement driving over bumpy roads for worst case. I want to compare my results to the factory guards to see if I am going to gain any more protection than would be provided by the factory guards. If I don't, than I will be wasting my time.

So I'll take 17" wheel measurements also, but prefer a 16" if anyone can post.

JoeR

Here's a tip to check on "coverage" of the guards:

Put a long string under the front tire (the source of most of the crap kicked up). Pull the string up against the bottom of the guard and to the rear fender. You can count on any area below the string getting damage.

MikeX

Yes, I did that, that's a good way to do it. My goal is to make the guard low enough so as to intersect where that string would be, maybe just a little lower. But it cannot be so low as to scrape the ground. I want a measurement of the factory ones for comparison. Obviously from what I've ead here, the factory guards are not low enough to touch that string.