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Old 04-21-2005, 08:20 AM
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Default Coilover Ride Height Question...

I'm trying to fine tune my suspension before getting an alignment...according to stasis, ride height suggestions are as follows:


" Conservative Street Setup
Between 1/16 and 1/32 TOE IN front and 1/32 TOE IN rear
Ride height at 25.875” front and 26.000” rear
(�"1.0 camber front)

Aggressive Street Setup
Between 1/32 and 0 TOE IN on all four corners
Ride height at 25.500” front and 25.625” rear
(�"1.5 to �"1.75 camber front)

Track Setup
Between 0 and 1/16 TOE OUT on all four corners
Ride height at 25.000” front and 25.250” rear
(�"2.0 to �"3.0 camber front) "


It seems that I can go much lower than 25", is there any benifit to this? Should I dial it in to the aggressive street set up, get an alignment, then crank it down for auto-x/track days? Should I drop it as much as possible and then get the alignment...it seems that the aggressive street set up is too high...

any input?

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Old 04-21-2005, 08:27 AM
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Default But what the recommend on their website is not in the 24's...

to my knowledge, I don't think it'll be bad on the suspension if you go as low as possible as long as you aren't hitting the bump stop of the strut...

is that correct?
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Default Too low can be bad....you can disrupt the geometry of whole suspension sytem greatly....

I am not an expert but there is a limit to how low you should go on pretty much stock car, and I say stock meaning your car is not all out race car.
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Default Looks sweet w/BBS's

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Btw I am @ 24.35".
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Thanks...that's good to know...
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