When you guys lowering your car, which way you choose? HELP!

(A).
You just measure the length from lock to lock, let say adjust the front coilover exect 125mm & the rear 130mm OR set all 4 125mm, then regardless the actual length from the edge of fender to the ground. Since our car's 4 corner weight distribute not equal, so 4 corner maybe cause a little different length from the edge of the fender to the ground. That's normal! Because we knew the suspension setting is equal or balance.

(B).
Opposite way to the (A), regardless the initial length you set when you install your coilover to your car, just go ahead to adjust the ride height to the level you like and make sure is balance. Maybe all 4 coilover damper's length from lock to lock is different, but that's okay as long as your car's ride height is same & balance.

 

I did B, best way IMO is get your car corner balanced but unless you are tracking you'll never notice.

 

Dude, you must do A unless you are corner balancing your car with scales!!!! Don't do B or you'll totally screw it up. There is no way to be sure the ground is flat unless you're on an alignment rack and even then, there's no way to tell if you body panels are straight. The only way to do B is with scales so do A.

 

Well... now is 1 vs 1, I'm so lost still

I should make a poll for this

 

Yes you initially do A first then B Then head to a corner balance shop if you want it perfect.

A should be very close to B anyways. But you are still measuring by eye, and in my experience I suck measuring to the mm with a ruler

 

Thanks for your input guys Anyone else

 

Dude, I am right. I speak from experience. I've done B on another car and it drove like crap!! It pulled under acceleration and was horribly balanced. For the life of me I could not find a perfectly flat piece of ground.

Do A.

Since you don't seem to be a guy that's concerned with getting the last thousandth of a second out of your lap times, this should be plenty balanced enough. It was good enough for Honda the first time. You don't think they corner balance every car do you?

Please go on to the racing and competition forum and ask. Doing B is just plain ghetto and the only person who reccomended it so far has admitted that he has difficulty using a ruler.

Ugh....

 

The way I did my first set of coilovers was to measure the car stock ( I went from the the top of the wheel to the fender and wrote each value down)

You want to keep the rake (front to rear stance) in the same range.

Once you have a number for each corner, try to lower each side a set amount (say 30MM) it's slow and tedious but necessary/

That should keep the rake the same.

 

Just Spin em all the way down thats what i did!!

 

My coilovers are going on shortly I'm going to do B, let them settle and then get it corner weighted.