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Re: and what about ride height??? Posted by saabsince 93b [Email] (#972) [Profile/Gallery] (more from saabsince 93b) on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:33:59 In Reply to: Re: and what about ride height???, Paul in NM, Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:02:34 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
In my opinion you START with ride height. And that is what the WIS specifies.
WIS specifies 610mm at the rear and that should give you 1.1 degrees of camber. If you have less ride height you are going to have more camber and more toe in. that is the way the suspension geometry is set up. So you need to start with ride height before you do any shimming or other adjustments.
610mm -1.1 degrees
605mm -1.3 degrees
600mm -1.5 degrees
595mm -1.7 degrees
590mm -1.8 degrees
585mm -2.0 degrees
580mm -2.2 degrees
If your bushings are over 80,000 or so they are suspect. Especially the upper rear ones on the lateral arms.
It is good you got where you want to be, but I found that starting with ride height made everything much simpler.
I did not replace my springs on my Aero. I put Yellow Konis on the rear in the upper spring perch and a spacer to get height up to 610mm. I also replaced the lateral outer busings and the forward bushing on the trailing arm.
My alignment guy was not as excited about ride height as I was, but I think I made a convert out of him.
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