OK, my friends keep saying my car is dropped weirdly. There's a lot more room between tire and fender in the front then in the back. I haven't a clue if it's supposed to look like this or not but they said it doesn't look right. I look in the for sale section and a lot of dropped Evos are like this too.

My car as it currently sits:

 

The rear fender lip is lower than the front. With an equal drop front to rear, there will be less room at the rear fender lip than the front. Many track set ups also prefer the rear to be lower so than under braking, the weight transfer will be more equal. Nice looking car by the way........

Paul

 

it looks okay, definitely lowered...a straight on side shot lower to the ground might help us see the inconsistency. also, if you don't know what type of springs you have, pull off a wheel and take a look. people who have the same ones could tell u if its normal. i think youre ok though.

 

Looks like its dropped on Eibach Prokits to me.

 

It's Megan coilovers with whatever springs they came with. I'll try to take another picture but the right side isn't the same (left side covered by garage). The right side is dropped lower then the left side. Will get a pic, brb.

 

If they're coilovers then even them out; the ride height is fully adjustable. You can't just take them out of the box and expect them to be right... Some Chinese kid in a factory who has probably never even seen an Evo is quickly assembling them and throwing them in a box so he can move on to the next set.

 

It's how I got the car and never even bothered messing with them since I was planning on a different setup in the future.

Here's a ground shot.

The side skirts looks like they're even to the ground. I can fit my fist above front wheel but can barely squeeze 2 fingers in the back.

 

With an even drop the front will always have more fender gap, this is why most lowering springs drop the front of the car more than the rear so even though its a raked drop the fender gap looks even.

 

I have stock suspension and the rear is a little lower than the front. I don't have anything in the trunk either except for spare and the jack.

Edit: I don't carry anything non-car related in the Evo at all.

 

Is it me or does the gap from the exhaust and bumper look a little off?

 

Now that do you mention it, it looks like its sagging a little bit doesn't it?

 

When I had to change the clutch, everything on the exhaust was seized and I had to drop the whole thing. While doing so, the flex pipe on the down pipe broke off and I had to buy another flex pipe to weld on (flex was Jegs 3in). My friend who had some experience with welding did it for me and well, his measurements were off. The down pipe is now shorter and we had to struggle getting everything on. It used to stick out but now is inside the bumper where a lot of soot is collecting on the bumper. Not much of a big deal to me as I'm planning on replacing the exhaust with stock except the down pipe. I have plans for the down pipe....

As for the sagging, a bolt that holds the muffler up was seized in the hole and I broke the head off. The stud had enough room to fit the muffler on and let it hang but I guess it came off on a bump or something. Not going to care, don't like Megan right now....

 

Technically the rear isn't "lower". The fenders are at different heights. There is nothing wrong with your ride height at all. Stock Evo's sit the exact same way, but many springs lower the front of the car an extra 1/2" inch stricly for look and many people with coil-overs just slam the **** out of the car with no worry of suspension geometrey

I have Robi-Spec springs with a 1" drop on all four corners.


I had Swifts on my old Evo and the stance looked a little better, but I wanted to try something new on my new Evo. I love the Robi-Spec springs, and the Swifts too. Nobody ever asks me, but if they were I'd suggest Swifts over the Robi-Specs ONLY because they drop a little lower in the front and they look slightly better. As far as performance goes, I rate them to be near equal in my experiences with the two. I've had Tein's and Tanabe's as well and I hated them.

But the conclusion is, if you're all that worried, raise the rear a 1/3" and drop the front 1/3" and that'll give it a nice stance

 

i have stock exhaust, if interested pm me

 

I have stock suspension and got all kinds of comments about it when I posted these photos:



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Granted the car is on a slight incline in both photos, but there's nothing in the trunk haha.