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Originally Posted by Laloosh
Lowering will not add that much if any at all in the front based on the suspension design. Clearly something else is different.
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I don't know what it is, but everything measures the same.
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Originally Posted by solort
I believe Chris. But, as he suggests, throw a protest and have it clarified. I think you will find him in compliance....
If you are expecting a regular alignment guy to get you the most legal camber, you will probably be disappointed...
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Chris (Laloosh) and I go to the same exact guy, but he had a BRZ with stock BRZ springs and Koni inserts in OEM strut housings. I have the TRD springs and full yellows. I confirmed with Lee Grimes at Koni that their struts were copied off of the OEM strut bodies. They measure out identically. I can't tell you what I would have gotten for camber on OEM struts with TRD springs because it wasn't worth my time to figure that out once the struts measured the same.
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Originally Posted by simpleisbest
It is possible that the Koni stock replacements' strut mounting holes may be offset more inboard to the shaft centerline. This could provide more camber than OEM, even while having the same size mounting holes and dimensional size.
Everyone that has measure them vs stock has only measured the mounting hole sizes, not the LOCATION.
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Post 3245 in this thread has those measurements by KSConeKiller. They're the same to the tenth of a millimeter. There are variances in the hundredths of a millimeter.
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Originally Posted by Laloosh
I will def not be protesting, trust me on that. You guys missed the point of this. BTW Chris and I are in the same region, get our alignment done by the same guy at the same place, on the same machine. I just had my wrx aligned there and I was essentially standing pararel to the ground forcing all my weight into the wheel as people were under the car tightening and loosing bolts....its not a "traditional" alignment lol
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I know Chris won't protest, but...
I'm going to bring an OEM strut with me just in case someone does, and I'll bring a micrometer too. I'm not planning on doing very well (Nats will be my 4th event this year and 4th event in the car), but with the internet chatter I'd rather play it safe.
I can't explain why some cars get more than others, I do know that the Konis are dimensionally identical to the OEM strut, and that makes them legal. I do know that someone will have a very hard time making a protest stick in this situation.
I also know that I would not ever run a car that wasn't 100% legal (or as close as I could be given that there may be a pop clip missing somewhere, who knows) because I want to win or lose on my driving, not cheating. That said, I'm confident that my car is legal and will take it to Lincoln as it sits.