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Old 09-02-2017, 02:02 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by QTR FMS View Post
it will you can add front camber with coilovers, rear camber doesnt make huge difference its only for pros who will benefit from,when you lower the car you will gain too much rear camber that you will have to remove to get equal tire wear, or keep to have less contact patch, i felt more of difference with sticky front tires like federal rsr than adding camber.

one of the reason i want you to try drifting stock cause coilover is hard to adjust and no one can help you with it you will have to try based on trial and error, and add more parts will make it harder to figure out, and trust me even if you spent atleast 20k that doesnt mean it will be drift ready it will mean more time not drifting, happend to me on my project car that it been 4 years now and i only drove the car once the day i bought it before it broke down and its still not done and my daily after i installed angle kit,keep it as stock as possible to get the most seat time.

aftermarket suspension doesnt have bushing it uses spherical bearings so after every drift event you will have to torque every bolt, its even worse for a daily drive,and alignment changes more often by it self (road bumps vibration etc),every part you add it makes the car less reliable to drift or daily with, you will have to do more maintenance.

frs have a boxer engine so the frame is wider and there is not enough space for the front wheels there will be lot of rubbing, it took me 4 month to figure out how to get almost full lock but there is lots of clearance issue that im having but not as bad,
those 4 month i wasnt able to drift because i broke a wheel by hitting the frame hard when i was countersteering,im still rubbing with the front bumper ,swaybar couple parts of the frame and body,thats with 8.25 +25 wheel with 30mm spacer and extended lower control arm by 2.25'', so i recommend 7'' wheel and 215/40r17 or smaller tire in the front ,i think the stock wheel would work with 50mm spacer i will check it next week(im still trying to figure out how to get more clearance without cutting or buying expensive wheels).

the only thing you will benefit from suspension is less ackermen it will help you getting more speed at higher angle instead of slowing you down.

my setup is:
jdl uel
k&n drop in filter
flexfuel sensor
dt stage 2 tune
pbm coilover and angle kit zero'ish ackermen
federal rsr front 215/34r17 rear ns-20 205/40r17
this is the most i would recommend for dollar to performance parts anything else i think might be useless,and for a reliable daily drifter, this setup is for someone that have enough experience to handle the stock angle and link every corner to a pro level who dont want to build full drift car.

anything more you will have to add a turbo kit which is not for a daily driver at all atleast not in a car that gets lot of abuse weekly.

pbm parts are not as good as every one says they work but they are not good, the quality is cheap made in china , the suspension parts are universal so there is alot of spacers to make it fit and correct geometery, so i would recommend wisefab over pbm if you want quality parts.
I understand now, Thank you. Now for coilovers, what brand is good for what i'm looking for? I don't mind a rough ride and I want to make sure its a good quality coilover. I hear, kwv3 is good or does that not work in this case? AS for the the angle kit, which one is favored? I don't know much about angle kits, even less so which brand provides quality parts.
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