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mechaghost 08-30-2012 04:00 PM

Suspension Review: Race Comp Yellow Springs
 
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I got the RCE Yellow Springs Starter pack which includes the following hardware

RCE Yellow springs
OEM camber bolt
Whiteline Com C camber/caster top mount
Whiteline rear camber adjustment bushing

I had it installed at Tru-line Bellevue in WA. Byron the owner is a champ, he even leant me his B Series Mazda truck when the car was needed overnight. He also did the alignment, unfortunately no corner balancing as the car setup wont be able to do this. He is a top rated alignment specialist here in WA, and regularly does alignment on high end cars and track use cars.

I had the car setup for 175 lbs driver, for performance street use.

I am doing a driver skills day and autox this weekend, and I will give feedback on the handling past that. For daily driving, the car feels like it was when it was stock, but I dont drive that aggressive on the street.

ft86Fan 08-30-2012 04:10 PM

Waiting for your feedback.

Calum 08-30-2012 07:03 PM

Two degrees difference is caster!! Did they forget to do the caster sweep for the second measurement?

mechaghost 08-30-2012 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calum (Post 412955)
Two degrees difference is caster!! Did they forget to do the caster sweep for the second measurement?

Who is they? Subaru or TruLine? Is this bad or good?

xjohnx 08-30-2012 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calum (Post 412955)
Two degrees difference is caster!! Did they forget to do the caster sweep for the second measurement?

It looks like 6.88 and 6.87 to me.

mechaghost 08-30-2012 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by xjohnx (Post 413057)
It looks like 6.88 and 6.87 to me.

Phew...

Yup those are the correct numbers.

Calum 08-30-2012 08:08 PM

Sorry guys, I'm looking at it on a PC now and not an Itampon. Agreed. I looked like 8.88 on the passenger side. My bad.

*KID* 08-30-2012 09:16 PM

retake pics once its settled

Racecomp Engineering 08-30-2012 09:25 PM

Looks good!

You could have gone with quite a bit more camber up front, but overall your alignment is solid.

- drew

Duo 08-30-2012 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mechaghost (Post 412627)
I had the car setup for 175 lbs driver, for performance street use.

:w00t:

First time I ever took my S to get an alignment at a place a lot of the track guys went to the owner told me to sit in the car while he worked. I was like o_O and told him I didn't have coils. He told me that he was aligning the car with my weight factored in and just thought that was really cool and a nice touch.

By the way, can you please post a side shot in the daylight? You're on 17's, right?

mechaghost 08-30-2012 11:14 PM

How long does it take for the springs to settle? I'll take some more pics tomorrow

DarrenDriven 08-31-2012 01:15 AM

Updated the topic title so that this topic will be the catch-all for all owners of Yellow springs. Thanks for posting up your info!

mechaghost 08-31-2012 03:25 PM

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Here is the day after shot

mechaghost 08-31-2012 08:06 PM

Started noticing clunking sounds when suspension is compressed over big bumps. Called up RCE and they said something to do with the Whiteline tops and should not be a problem, they will be posting about this shortly.

I'm also going to have the guys over at truline look it over on tuesday to make sure nothing is wrong


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