nycgps

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After a few coilover re-adjustments I managed to set it Front 26" and rear 26"

I know that Stock is 27 1/8" front and 26 5/8" (Thx Huey52!)

Im just wondering if I keep it as is (front 26/rear 26), is there any ill-effects to ride quality/handling ?

Thx

Vlaze

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Well.. it depends on a few factors, such as the valving you have on the shocks and the spring rate contrast to stock. For myself I have multiple factors such as thicker sway bars also and my springs for Stance are 9k front and 6k rear. Right now I set the rear a little higher than the front and so far I may stick with that. When taking very sharp turns to the limit, even outside my comfort zone, I thought it was going to push but it held up quite well. I know if the rear was as low as the front that would likely result in the car pushing for my setup. My front is around 25 7/8 and rear is around 26 1/4

Feel the car out and once you get to push it to the limits on a corner to find out where you're at, then adjust height and/or sway bar end link position if you have an adjustable sway bar. If you have adjustable shock valving that will make a difference also but right now I left mine the same all around to keep in neutral until I get the rest tuned in.

*edit* For a DD I wouldn't worry about it to be honest. You're not going to notice anything ill handling about it other than maybe having the spring fully compress on the rear when going over a sharp deep drop in the road depending on what springs you have. I've had happen multiple times myself. I tend to get way too technical with things like this

Vlaze

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Another thing to keep in mind is dynamic transfer when under throttle. For RWD vehicles usually those in a racing atmosphere keep the front a tad lower than the rear because of weight transfer when you get on the throttle which squats the rear down. While we all know the 8 is a torque less wonder, you still feel it transfer when getting on the throttle. Depends on how finicky you are on setting the car up and how you drive.

JinDesu

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Honestly? I don't think keeping it at an even ride height would matter more than how the spring rates and shock adjustment values. Lowering a car would reduce body-roll, but you're not really going to notice it unless you tuned the rest of your suspension to match.

Going down that inch in the front though, may affect you if you have a low front bumper in NYC

Vlaze

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To be honest, I'm not sure to what extent the effect it has on the handling for this particular vehicle, but I will say it does have an effect. The thing is unless your tracking your car and are heavily into tuning or are finicky with setups as myself then I wouldn't bother.

Back in my racing days we messed with ride height a lot, 1/4-1/2 an inch of adjustment would change the handling quite a bit but granted that wasn't an 8 nor a DD. Unless you're really tuned into the car with your "feel" for how the car handles then I doubt you'll feel any different as Jin mentioned.

For most here it's about getting the front and rear end to look the same over the tires for aesthetic appeal and making sure it's not too low to destroy that front bumper.

nycgps

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HKS's Hipermax III has spring rate of 8/6. I think Rear is the same. Just the front a little stiffer.

For Front Sways I have Autoexe set to 118% more than stock (next is 140%), using stock endlink.

For Rear sways I have Autoexe set to 140% more than stock (I can readjust it), using Autoexe Adjustable end link (I left it at 140% cuz its rusted, I can get it out but it will be a bitch like the front), Should I put this back to 118% like the front ?

If everything is good, gonna bring it to a shop to give it an Alignment.

Vlaze

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If your car is lowered that low with stock end links I would suggest getting adjustable ones. Other wise you're going to be pre-loading them when the car is on the ground. You can read up on people snapping their end links easily stock and aftermarket when they don't remove the pre-load as they lower the car.

nycgps

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Im going to take my time to re-adjust it again to make it as close to stock height as possible cuz -----

One of the newly bought tires has a sidewall defect (it has a tiny little hole that's leaking air), TireRack gonna ship me a brand new tire.

So I will have some extra time to re-do the adjustments again.

nycgps

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I worry about that too cuz I have another bumper coming to my house ... real soon ... :D