SR Performance Lowering Springs
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I've the SR springs installed. Stock struts and mounts. I didn't even need am alignment. No uneven wear. I just picked up some 20x8.5 Giovanna Kilis and noticed that the rear is off. In going to pick up an adjustable panhard bar soon. The ride is great and looks 100x better. I don't plan on tracking or anything so stock struts and shocks are fine until they wear out. Then I'll pick up some better one.
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I've the SR springs installed. Stock struts and mounts. I didn't even need am alignment. No uneven wear. I just picked up some 20x8.5 Giovanna Kilis and noticed that the rear is off. In going to pick up an adjustable panhard bar soon. The ride is great and looks 100x better. I don't plan on tracking or anything so stock struts and shocks are fine until they wear out. Then I'll pick up some better one.
Also thank you again for everyone's input.
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But you *may* find out you need an adjustable panhard bar to reset the rear axle, as lowering the car in the back will push the axle out to the driver's side. It's a looks as well as a thrust angle issue, that. And you *may* find out that your camber is out of whack and will need camber bolts or camber plates. Read on...
Anything lower than 1.5" (and I suspect anything over 1", really), and you're for sure talking having to change camber, because the suspension will tilt the wheels inward at the top (or outward at the bottom, whatever) and that'll cause a lot of wear on the inside of the tire, and cause premature tire retirement.
rotation will help forestall it a little, but wont cure it, and at the very least, camber bolts are something to look into... but they only go so far. A caster/camber plate is a better solution for majorly lowered cars for the front suspension.:
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FWIW, on my 13' I went with the 05-10 style Koni yellows and the GT500 strut mounts. If you mount those strut mounts 180 degrees out (indicator arrows pointed out toward the wheels instead of OEM in toward the engine), then you do NOT need camber bolts or plates to get the camber within spec. If you choose to go with they 11-14 struts, you cannot use the gt500 mounts (because of the aforementioned change in the upper strut shaft diameter and threading), and WILL need camber bolts/plates.
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Well I ended getting it done yesterday.
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They do ride pretty well. This is my daily driver when I am not on the motorcycle. If you see me on a track it means I took a wrong turn.
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