A nice little trip to the "corner weighter."
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Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Central Florida
Here are some pics of the corner weighting process. I put Tein RA's on my car. In order to receive the full benefit, I was told I should have the car corner weighted and then aligned.
Here is me at 7:45A.M.
The phone number starts with (407) for anyone interested.
Before picture of the scale. This is with a little less than 3/4 of a tank of gas. I was a little surprised. Stock weight is a little over 2800lbs. I guess all of the money for mods is paying off...weight reduction wise.
Some shots of the car on the scales.
Results after alignment.
Here is me at 7:45A.M.
The phone number starts with (407) for anyone interested.
Before picture of the scale. This is with a little less than 3/4 of a tank of gas. I was a little surprised. Stock weight is a little over 2800lbs. I guess all of the money for mods is paying off...weight reduction wise.
Some shots of the car on the scales.
Results after alignment.
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Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 737
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From: Central Florida
When I installed the RA's I left the perches at the reference height. If you do this corner weighting may not be necessary. We did very little adjusting to make weight distribution from left to right within 5 pounds. The only way to make each corner closer to each other would have been to add weights to the car on the respective corner. I'm just an enthusiast not a race-car driver.
I felt a major difference afterwards. The car regained the balance I had from the factory, but obtained a rigid, confidence inducing feel. Not harsh, but aggressive.
Dan from Irish Mike's did a great job. He let me take pictures and had me sit in the car while corner weighting. I trusted his alignment judgement and am pleased with the results. He's a miata guy, so he understands where we're coming from.
Be prepared to shell out some doe to get something like this done. $222.63 to be exact. I would recommend it. $1700 for the suspension that made things handle worse before I spent the money.
Matt
I felt a major difference afterwards. The car regained the balance I had from the factory, but obtained a rigid, confidence inducing feel. Not harsh, but aggressive.
Dan from Irish Mike's did a great job. He let me take pictures and had me sit in the car while corner weighting. I trusted his alignment judgement and am pleased with the results. He's a miata guy, so he understands where we're coming from.
Be prepared to shell out some doe to get something like this done. $222.63 to be exact. I would recommend it. $1700 for the suspension that made things handle worse before I spent the money.
Matt
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From: Laguna
did you make sure that those scales were dead level? that's the most important part, sometimes, the leveling equipment costs just as much as the scales/equipment, just some food for thought. Nice #s anyways.
