Hey I've searched for a few days on this subject but the search on these forums leaves a bit to be desired. I'm installing my Megan Racing Coilovers on my evo 8 here soon. My goal for the drop is to show no gap between my fenders and my rubber. I'm on the stock enkei 17's with 235 tread. What type of alignment specs should I be shooting for or be able to give the shop aligning my car so they have an idea of what I want? Or should I leave it all up to them. Performance is high on my list but so is a proper stance and balance on the evo. Thank you!

 

Read through my post using the following link. I ended up raising the car ~3/8" vs the setting provided in the post below.
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...springs-5.html

With the original ride height settings I was forced to run additional camber in the rear in order to get the toe correct. Since I have raised the car I was able to run the desired rear camber of -1.5deg and set toe within spec.

 

<grin> I know you recall our discussions. Each and every time we talked about performance, and I never realized your car looked like that. The way you presented your arguments, it just never occurred to me. Foolish, I know. Now I understand...everything. Honestly, at this very moment I feel like I should leave this forum and never come back. (I'm not joking.)

OP, check the "stanced" thread on S&S.

 

That would be great. Your biggest contribution appears to be the continued bashing of forum members and it gets old. If you tried to attack issues and not people you would have more credibility.

 

His views are shared by a lot of EVO owners.

 

Exactly these. If you want a "stanced" car -- GTFO of this forum. Serious. You would not care to listen to what the right answer would be.

 

Thank you for the link to the thread, however we can save the arguments for the other thread not this one please

Few questions did you ever find out from others about the issue with the washer? Were you the only one to run into this snag? Also is the picture provided of your drop exactly after installing them without any adjustment along with the Perch and height lock gap measurements?

I'll measure mine off the car when I take them out of the box and make sure they are at the same gap prior to installation.

 

If you slam/over lower your car, you won't be able to get the rear toe in spec without compromising camber (which won't be optimal).

Worst case, your rear camber AND toe will be jacked up. Each Evo is different than the other.

The front is easy to correct, the rear is where all the problem will be.

 

I figured it would help as the link was provided so you had reference for measurements as a function of ride height.

Megan said that I should not have required to use the washer and they would send me the correct piece. However, I opted to keep the washer as it was not that big of a deal. Therefore, it is supposedly an isolated case.

The pic is of the car after the initial drop with the measurements I provided (before alignment). At that drop I ran out of rear toe adjustment when trying to set camber to -1.5deg and had to use -1.7deg to get toe within spec.

As stated, I raised the front and rear of the car realizing the drop was too low to gain better suspension geometry in the rear. I will take some new measurements and provide, but the car is currently on jack stands getting the GTX3076r turbo upgrade. Perhaps I can lower it and snap some pics so you have additional reference.

 

Awesome I'm clear on what I need now. Im taking a month of leave back to Michigan 1st of Sept and it will be my first time seeing the evo since I purchased it. I'll post a thread when its all installed.. Thanks sir.