Hey guys
So let me preface by stating that I have a life a wife and a financial situation that keep me from going all in on the track scene. I generally can make about 6 HDPE days a season due more to geography than anything. (I live 4 hours from the closest track so I loose at least 2 days cash plus my car costs per event). My 03 ap1 is stock for suspension bars etc. My only mods are hard dog bar(bolt in diag and harness bar) carbotech XP10/8 and k&n fipk2. Seat and harness are next to come. That being said I recently picked up a set of used ap1 non staggered wheels with 245/45/16 toyo proxes ra1's mounted Too good a deal to pass up. My first question is will this overwhelm my stock suspension? If no what is my best next move? Data acquisition,kw v3's bars? What order is best to tackle them in? most likely one or two items per season at best. I love my car and enjoy tracking enough to keep on with a slow build. Not a desk jockey so I usually check in once a day or so and vacation fri (not tethered to computer) so thanks in advance and if I dont respond quickly know I will check back at my earliest convenience.
Paul

 

Stiffer front bar if going to non-staggered?

 

I run non staggerred R comps with a Saner front bar and Springs and it works pretty good

 

just get some camber kit and give camber to fronts as well as more to rears.

front sways would be great as well.

stock suspension is okay but if you have extra dough to spend, then I'd recommend
getting some coilovers....

THEN some aero adding downforce (like GT wing) or something if you're gonna keep running non-staggered setup. It will benefit you a lot with added grip to the front since you will be running same width tires in the front.

 

Ditto CKit and helothere. Front bar and front camber will allow you to make better use of the increased front grip while taking some cornering load off the outside rear, increasing rear grip.

 

Bang for buck, get a proper alignment and a fat front bar. I recommend the Gendron or Saner Units.

 

So the theme seems to be go for the bar next. I'll try a search on camber kits but for the mean time i will go for the max i can get out of stock. Been on the uk set-up for the past year. Thanks for the replies. Enjoy your season and be safe!

 

The wide r-comps will really like more camber so I would agree with max stock front camber and a stiffer front sway bar.

 

Thanks
Do I want to do something more drastic with my rear alignment settings as well?

 

keep the advise coming i'm writing this all down for my future build because i'll also be running non staggerd AP2v1's. Thanks in advance, and thanks OP for starting this post.