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10k mile update, September 8, 2009
I started going up north to visit my girlfriend's family and the roads SUCK ... so I raised up the car just a touch. Before, I was almost tucking 205/45/16's up front and 205/50/16's in back. Now, I have about an inch of fender between the tire and fender (getting 18's shortly). I also installed stock swaybars front and rear.
I'm currently on 4/2 front/rear damping and the car rides very well still. It has a nice fluidity to the motions (they're still short motions) so they're very smooth. Handling has gotten better from raising the car. Before, when taking a turn, it would load the suspension up and if there was a bump in the road, the car would feel like it would waver side to side. It wasn't a lot, but I could feel it. The car didn't loose any grip, it just felt weird. After raising the car, it is SOLID through a turn. It's much more confidence inspiring.
Overall, I'm still super impressed with these coilovers!
Slammed Tire wear: I got my toe set to just a touch of toe in for the front and rear, 2* camber up front, 3* rear, 1.5* caster split up front (previous owner bent something on the driver side) and the tires wore very nicely.
Raised Tire Wear: Toe is once again the same, 1.5* camber front, 2 rear, same caster split. Tires are wearing the same!
My advice for an alignment is to go someplace that allows you to sit in the car. In doing so, the alignment is set for how it's going to be driven, so the tires will wear MUCH better than with a podunk alignment.
Last edited by db84drteg : 09-08-2009 at 08:48 AM.
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