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Correct ride height with MM coilovers?
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<blockquote data-quote="ShelbyGuy" data-source="post: 5556111" data-attributes="member: 10042"><p>indeed searching is a skill</p><p></p><p></p><p>you did measure the ride height before taking it all apart like it says in the instructions, right? (always read the instructions first, even if you choose to ignore them)</p><p></p><p>and 1.25" is a whole lot of drop for a street car. are you just installing the bump steer kits, or are you going to actually dial in the bump curve? do you intend to have the car corner balanced when you're done? the guy doing the corner balancing is going to set the ride height for you. its an art.</p><p></p><p>ideally you want the control arms parallel to the ground, and in line with eachother. you should be able to draw a straight line from one ball joint, through the inner arm mount, through the other inner arm vount, to the other ball joint. this usually means the upper hole, if the car is slammed. not sure if you'd want it that low on a street car or not. I only lowered mine about .125", but i still have stock k and stock arms (delin bushings, x2 ball joint). i need a fairly steep ramp angle to get to where i live. and my control arms still angle upwards. oh well. </p><p></p><p>i could measure my ride height if you want. i prefer to measure ride height from the rocker panels, but everyone else seems to want a measurement between the tire and wheel arch. the problem with that, is what if i'm running a differenti diameter tire? i measured it when i installed the kit, and like i wrote earlier, i only dropped it about 1/8". i hate it when the alignment shop squeaks at me because they cant align the car (or get it on the rack because its slammed too low and they dont have any lumber)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShelbyGuy, post: 5556111, member: 10042"] indeed searching is a skill you did measure the ride height before taking it all apart like it says in the instructions, right? (always read the instructions first, even if you choose to ignore them) and 1.25" is a whole lot of drop for a street car. are you just installing the bump steer kits, or are you going to actually dial in the bump curve? do you intend to have the car corner balanced when you're done? the guy doing the corner balancing is going to set the ride height for you. its an art. ideally you want the control arms parallel to the ground, and in line with eachother. you should be able to draw a straight line from one ball joint, through the inner arm mount, through the other inner arm vount, to the other ball joint. this usually means the upper hole, if the car is slammed. not sure if you'd want it that low on a street car or not. I only lowered mine about .125", but i still have stock k and stock arms (delin bushings, x2 ball joint). i need a fairly steep ramp angle to get to where i live. and my control arms still angle upwards. oh well. i could measure my ride height if you want. i prefer to measure ride height from the rocker panels, but everyone else seems to want a measurement between the tire and wheel arch. the problem with that, is what if i'm running a differenti diameter tire? i measured it when i installed the kit, and like i wrote earlier, i only dropped it about 1/8". i hate it when the alignment shop squeaks at me because they cant align the car (or get it on the rack because its slammed too low and they dont have any lumber) [/QUOTE]
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