What is needed to properly lower the RX8
#1
What is needed to properly lower the RX8
Okay So I have searched and searched and I don't see that anyone has addressed the fact of any geometry change when lowering the RX8.
The only real background I have in lowering cars is that a beetles and Mustangs.
When you lower a mustang (w/o double wishbone) in order to properly lower it you need...
Caster/Camber Plates
Bumpsteer Kits
Steering Rack offset bushings
Offset Ball joints
So my question is: If I install lowering springs what else am I going to need in order to properly do it?
Or seen as the RX8 has a double wish bone it wont need anything else?
Please refrain from telling me to buy coil overs or get this spring or this shock as that really has nothing to do with the question and will just get people with ADD like myself distracted!
Thanks in advance
The only real background I have in lowering cars is that a beetles and Mustangs.
When you lower a mustang (w/o double wishbone) in order to properly lower it you need...
Caster/Camber Plates
Bumpsteer Kits
Steering Rack offset bushings
Offset Ball joints
So my question is: If I install lowering springs what else am I going to need in order to properly do it?
Or seen as the RX8 has a double wish bone it wont need anything else?
Please refrain from telling me to buy coil overs or get this spring or this shock as that really has nothing to do with the question and will just get people with ADD like myself distracted!
Thanks in advance
#2
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You shouldn't need anything else besides an alignment with just lowering springs. There is a pretty wide range of adjustment in the factory adjusters.
#6
Good to know, but if you were referring to the "bumpsteer kit" I was talking about, if you don't have one of these on a lowered mustang you basically have a Bucking Bronco when you hit a pot hole or drive a country road. Since the geometry for the steering rack is so far off when under compression your wheels actually toe out! A lot!
#7
Voids warranties
Good to know, but if you were referring to the "bumpsteer kit" I was talking about, if you don't have one of these on a lowered mustang you basically have a Bucking Bronco when you hit a pot hole or drive a country road. Since the geometry for the steering rack is so far off when under compression your wheels actually toe out! A lot!
#8
Trust Me, I'm an Engineer
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Sorry, misread your original post. Godesshunter is right, the RX8 has caster adjustment. Another major cause of bumpsteer is scrub radius (directly related to wheel offset). If you modify wheel offset greatly (increasing scrub radius), then you can also increase bumpsteer.
Happy lowering!
Happy lowering!
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