some pics after coilovers
Thanx everyone.
Mdosu: It looks like your car has too much rake in the front.
You might wanna double check your height and adjust it.
Too much rake will give poor handling and ride, it puts a lot more stress in
the front of the car.
As you probably know, ultimately you want to have the car corner balanced.
It looks like you can run upto maximum negative camber of -4 degrees with our camber plate.
Running -2 camber should be no problem but for a daily driven car I wouldnt go more than -2.
Mdosu: It looks like your car has too much rake in the front.
You might wanna double check your height and adjust it.
Too much rake will give poor handling and ride, it puts a lot more stress in
the front of the car.
As you probably know, ultimately you want to have the car corner balanced.
It looks like you can run upto maximum negative camber of -4 degrees with our camber plate.
Running -2 camber should be no problem but for a daily driven car I wouldnt go more than -2.
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Thanx everyone.
Mdosu: It looks like your car has too much rake in the front.
You might wanna double check your height and adjust it.
Too much rake will give poor handling and ride, it puts a lot more stress in
the front of the car.
As you probably know, ultimately you want to have the car corner balanced.
It looks like you can run upto maximum negative camber of -4 degrees with our camber plate.
Running -2 camber should be no problem but for a daily driven car I wouldnt go more than -2.
Mdosu: It looks like your car has too much rake in the front.
You might wanna double check your height and adjust it.
Too much rake will give poor handling and ride, it puts a lot more stress in
the front of the car.
As you probably know, ultimately you want to have the car corner balanced.
It looks like you can run upto maximum negative camber of -4 degrees with our camber plate.
Running -2 camber should be no problem but for a daily driven car I wouldnt go more than -2.
My height is the Zeal's manufacture height. I think it's just the angle of the pic, acutally, I'm pretty sure my car's not lower than your car.
I thought -2 was a bit too aggressive for the street as well. I only drive my car on the weekends...so I figure -1.75 is good compromise for what I do with the car anyways.
here's another angle:
Last edited by mdosu; May 9, 2007 at 09:35 AM.
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^full soft on the street, you should see the crappy streets here in DC area, no way I can ride any stiffer than full soft here...
I plan on running full stiff at the track though, that's why I bought the XS instead of the FunctionX, I only really need 3 settings, soft, medium, and stiff no need for anymore than 3-4 settings really.
Also my Zero-Lift front dam gives the impression that the front is lower than it really is. But then again 19psi has it on his car too..
I plan on running full stiff at the track though, that's why I bought the XS instead of the FunctionX, I only really need 3 settings, soft, medium, and stiff no need for anymore than 3-4 settings really.
Also my Zero-Lift front dam gives the impression that the front is lower than it really is. But then again 19psi has it on his car too..
Last edited by mdosu; May 9, 2007 at 12:01 PM.
^full soft on the street, you should see the crappy streets here in DC area, no way I can ride any stiffer than full soft here...
I plan on running full stiff at the track though, that's why I bought the XS instead of the FunctionX, I only really need 3 settings, soft, medium, and stiff no need for anymore than 3-4 settings really.
Also my Zero-Lift front dam gives the impression that the front is lower than it really is. But then again 19psi has it on his car too..
I plan on running full stiff at the track though, that's why I bought the XS instead of the FunctionX, I only really need 3 settings, soft, medium, and stiff no need for anymore than 3-4 settings really.
Also my Zero-Lift front dam gives the impression that the front is lower than it really is. But then again 19psi has it on his car too..
What spring rate are your Zeals Buddy?
I think PSI19 and I both have 10kf and 10kr custom valved units
so you set your ride height according to ZEAL manual
The spring rates are 10kg all around.
Yes, we both got them from A-spec.
The front is lowered about 35mm and the rear is lowered about 28mm to give it
a slight rake.
This seems to be the set-up a lot of people use.
BTW, is DC's road that bad? Chicago's road probably arent that worse than DC's
but it rides perfectly fine for me even @ damping level 3.
Did you adjust your spring preload?
I have the preload set half a turn more than the Zeal factory setting and they're
perfectly fine.
Too much preload will give a harsher ride FYI.
ZEALS for the win!
19PSI did you car oversteer more when you put your coilovers more.
why i ask is because these are the only coilovers i know that have the same spring rate in the front and the back
19PSI did you car oversteer more when you put your coilovers more.
why i ask is because these are the only coilovers i know that have the same spring rate in the front and the back
