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but before you guys go further, i suggest you guys create a new thread for Tire Selection for motorsports. As to not muddy up the thread too much by going too far off topic.... thanks! -Josh
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Stock. The way it was designed to be.
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LOL. Agreed...
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Important info above ^ Please don’t kill a car that is all about handling by not having a clue about suspension, wheels or tires. sorry |
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I wish if I can go lower, but roads in middle east are plain stupid! Speed bumps have no proper spcifications in design! You see some with good slop and some are a stupidly huge that even with oem hight you'd still hear metal scraping
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gonna raise this shit 6" and put 24"s
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^This. Needs a healthy drop/stance.
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I say LEAVE it STOCK ... I have coils on my current car ..
I look more flush ... but it comes at a price ... I have to drive SLOW because I am LOW. Maybe I am just getting old ... but I like the agility of my stock suspension ... sure I can take a corner hard .. but if I take it too hard my tires rub my fenders(which btw is already ROLLED))
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what about lowering springs? we don't even know if scion will offer a rebranded coil over set up....if they do we don't know how much $$. my question is: would getting lowering springs affect the handling of the car much? I'm not looking into improving the handling with lowering springs (i wouldn't imagine it would much anyway) but am rather more concerned if it hinders the handling? any thoughts?
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Taking suspension stroke and geometry out of the equation for a minute, the FR-S and BRZ I saw at NAIAS looked off-balance with their excessive wheel gap and high offset wheels. [like a stock 370Z, MINI, Mustang, etc.] We all know that "wheel gap kills", so the 86 needs to be lowered an inch or two to have a good stance.
Back to reality though, the suspension will have to be measured and modeled to determine how much lowering is acceptable before ruining the handling [for those of us that care about handling and aren't slaves to "stance"]. Hopefully there's a happy medium where the stance can look good and balanced and the handling is in its sweet spot. Obviously, lowering springs are a stupid idea, as they reduce compression travel. The hunt will begin for coilovers with same-as-stock total stroke, with appropriate compression and rebound stroke at the desired ride height. KW is historically very good with this, but obviously they're not the only player. I very much like the Nitron's on my Lotus, and since a local race shop is a rebuilder, I would love to see Nitron release a set of Singles tuned for fast-street use on summer tires.
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if lowering springs lower the compression travel (making a stiffer ride? is this more ideal of track driving?) how are lowering springs different from an adjusted,stiff coil over set up?
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