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Old 05-08-2006, 11:36 AM
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Default ride height questions.

Ive just set my ride height to 25inches front and 25.75 inches back.

Mostly to help me clear certain speedbumps.

The reason i did this was one of my front coilovers has a problem getting any higher than 25inches. A minor defect in the shockbody wont let me get the sleeve any higher.


So. Its a bit of a raked forward look. I dont mind it, but was wondering if the handling dynamics are going to be severely thrown off?
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you will have a "looser" backend = slightly more oversteer/less understeer.
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Default gotcha. still the stock swaybars so ill give it a few test pushes before

i go tearing through mountain roads.
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I would think forward rake = heavier front weight. Already pretty bad.
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Are you sure? If anything, with weight on the front increased, understeer would be worse.
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Default not 100%, but from what i've read from some reliable sources that's how it works?

<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2338343.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/s4/msgs/2338343.phtml</a></li></ul>
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Default Are the threads messed up? You could take a thread file to them to repair. ...

that is quite a bit of rake in the car.
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