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Originally Posted by mpross
When you say "willing to eat axle costs" are you talking about guys who competitively autocross every weekend? Or even someone who autocrosses maybe 4 or 5 times a year and who isn't particularly fast? I'm definitely lower than 1" front and rear (about 1 finger gap) and it works just fine on the street and looks great. I haven't autocrossed yet since putting the coilovers on it. Do I need to raise it back up and realign it now? or face immanent parts failures?
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See Blaine's post above, breaking axles may have been overblown as I haven't seen anyone with one recently. Keep an ear out for axle ticking, buy new axle nuts if you start to hear it tick (fixed my ticking) and keep the e-brake lubed so that noise isn't throwing you off either, they rarely go without warning.
As for 'willing to eat costs', for some it's a AAA tow truck, a $140 replacement axle and a greasy afternoon, for others it's a $500-$1000 trip to the dealership. If you're a casual autocrosser I wouldn't worry about it, if you're planning on 50-100x hard launches a year on 245 RE71R/BFGRS, might be worth sacrificing the looks if you can't prove the performance benefit to yourself.
Ultimately, this is racing, take everything with a grain of salt and prove it to yourself. Do whatever feels right, if I was your buddy I'd shrug and say 'keep it low, if you bust an axle you'll know why'
Maybe it was just a bad batch and they've all been broken now, all the ones left are rock solid. In any case, useful suspension stroke keeps me from lowering the car, not the broken axle potential.
