adsmithy

The alignment went fine. Tony wasn't there unfortunately, he had to go home sick before I got there which was a shame as I'd liked to have a chat with him. I didn't ask about the body audit kit as the guys seemed to have alot on their plate. I went for the OEM alignment settings, the chaps thought that would be best for me to get used to it. I can pop back for a tweek at a later date I understand. When I do pop back it would be nice to see if the car is sitting flat, and to see if my arch is actually bent! The car is miles better anyway. It was so stable on the trip back. I haven't really chucked it into a corner as of yet, need some new tyres first.

We will get it flat .... Please give us a call when you are ready, it will be an interesting calibration. Well that's the other thing I was going to suggest, we should give the car a good measure up and check it is actually sitting flat. I don't trust my dodgy measuring. I will give you a call tomorow afternoon.

Tony, Car is ready now. I decided on -53mm front and -50mm rear. Looks good! Also fitted rear toe arms. So you should have enough adjustment now to get it right. Car already has rear camber adj. arms. I have also realised my passenger side front arch is slightly bent. Couldn't understand why I couldn't get the car flat left to right! I'll get in contact with you to arrange something.. Adrian

Thanks for the advice Steve, Tony, would fitting uprated ARBs AFTER having the alignment done cause issues?

I'm going to set it -50mm F/R. Not the best cosmetically, but this is what Whiteline suggest. http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=2...+recommended%22 Unless you can convince me otherwise, I'd drop the front more to even it up, but alot of the guys over on SXOC experienced problems w/ handling?

Tony, A little confused. If that is -30mm and has bump issues, my car will be roughly -40 to 45mm I would think at the front, wouldn't my car suffer from bump problems more severe then the above example? EDIT: Not directly related, but what is your opinion on wheel spacers?

Well that's great news. 3mm is my maxium, as lowering the front further would result in "bump steer" problems. Pre-load is currently 4mm front & rear as per the Tein manual. They are the 6/5 kg spring rate.. I shall go ahead and set that up then ready for the alignment. Tony forgive my ignorance but is it you who does the alignment so to speak? You can PM if you wish as I am looking to get it setup by yourself if possible.. Cheers, adsmithy

Hello everyone, I registered on here as I figured it would be the best place to ask for advice.. I have Tein Flex coilovers and the car is sitting level a the momenet, using the Tein suggested ride height. Looking at the car from the side, it appears to sit higher at the front, but I believe this is just an illusion due to the design of the front arch, I'm pretty sure the car is sitting level front to rear. Now, I would like to drop the front a further 2-3mm and leave the rear the same. This would make the car appear level with even arch gap. Can anyone tell me if I would be likely to comprimise the handling by going lower at the front? I think I might be worrying about a small different perhaps I wouldn't notice, but I would appreciate some thoughts on this. The car is 100% road. It is also rear-wheel drive in case you didn't now. Thanks, adsmithy