Lowering w/o c/c plates
07-29-2007, 07:36 PM
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Lowering w/o c/c plates
I want to know how much I can lower my stock 91 GT w/o requiring c/c plates. Right now I am thinking about getting Vogtland , pro kit, or these. Right now I have a little over 3 inches between my tire top and fender. With my new wheels I will lose about a third of an inch in the wheel well. So my goal is to lower this thing without screwing up the alignment.
07-30-2007, 04:15 PM
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RE: Lowering w/o c/c plates
Your question is loaded because it really depends on how much negative camber you are willing to put up with.
My Mustang has Eibach sportlines. I think it's a 2" drop. I have major neg caster 3.5 deg.
Is - 3.5 camber too much? Not bad for autocrossing or a short trip Sunday car.
Skinny front tires will also forgive lots of positve or negative camber.
I have the exact opposite. Mine is a daily driver with widelow profile tires. I'm killing the insides ofmy front tires. It's too bad though because it handles like it's on rails.
My Mustang has Eibach sportlines. I think it's a 2" drop. I have major neg caster 3.5 deg.
Is - 3.5 camber too much? Not bad for autocrossing or a short trip Sunday car.
Skinny front tires will also forgive lots of positve or negative camber.
I have the exact opposite. Mine is a daily driver with widelow profile tires. I'm killing the insides ofmy front tires. It's too bad though because it handles like it's on rails.
07-30-2007, 05:02 PM
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RE: Lowering w/o c/c plates
I put camber bolts on my struts when I installed my FRPP B-springs. I would estimate that I got about 1" of drop out of them and it definately needed something to correct the geometry. Camber bolts aren't the best way to go (I will do plates when I do the struts), but they're cheap and will get ya by.
07-30-2007, 06:45 PM
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RE: Lowering w/o c/c plates
I have my car lowered 3 or 4 inches in the front with coil overs and I have camber and toe in spec without plates. Caster is close, all I had to do was loosen the k member bolts and shift it forward. I do have plates though that I'm putting on thursday.
07-31-2007, 08:02 AM
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RE: Lowering w/o c/c plates
ORIGINAL: ZachW04Stang
I have my car lowered 3 or 4 inches in the front with coil overs and I have camber and toe in spec without plates. Caster is close, all I had to do was loosen the k member bolts and shift it forward. I do have plates though that I'm putting on thursday.
I have my car lowered 3 or 4 inches in the front with coil overs and I have camber and toe in spec without plates. Caster is close, all I had to do was loosen the k member bolts and shift it forward. I do have plates though that I'm putting on thursday.
How muchcaster, camber were you able to achieve with this method?