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Hey @CSG Mike @Racecomp Engineering
My shocks are due soon for a rebuild. Currently I have two options: 1. Send shocks back to the authorized distributor for rebuilding. 2. Send shocks instead to a specialist with extensive experience on rebuilding. Since you guys sell shocks and I probably could guess the answer from you guys, but I was hoping for an honest opinion - what could be different between the options? I'm not intending to change any of the characteristics of the shock, but I'm aware that there are aspects of the rebuild which could possibly change the shock (eg. gas pressure, oil viscosity, shim stack arrangement). Is there anything else during the rebuilding process? The reason I'm asking - the authorized distributor is far away from where I live and charges a morbid amount, whereas the specialist who has rebuilt many shocks for racing teams can do it for half the price and lives 10 minutes away from me. Last edited by Compelica; 07-19-2021 at 11:37 AM. Reason: typo |
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Think they'd notice if you used a camber bolt in the inboard hole of the factory rear lower control arms? I've been running like that for a while now and haven't seen any ill effects.
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If you're literally just servicing the damper, either can do the job. It's figuratively, an oil change for your dampers. |
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Control arm camber adjustment is done with bolts that have eccentric washers, and those only work if the control arms have the ridges that center the washer while the shaft moves. That's why SPC sells a whole control arm replacement. |
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See the bushing with the off center hole in your picture? The camber bolt simulates that. Instead of a bushing with an off center hole you use a bolt that centers the control arm off center to the hole.
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is there a consensus yet on whether existing springs/shocks/coilovers for gen 1 will work on the new gen gr86/ brz?
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I got Tein Mono Sports coilovers, once I find a good shop that can install them and do corner balancing followed by an alignment, is there a specific set-up I should ask for ? I am looking for a street focused set-up with spirited driving and minimal track sessions a year. I've heard I should have more of a drop in the front, and as well as from others to have more of a drop in the rear, and some that say equal drop on front and rear. I'm a noob in customizable coils and am just wondering what's a good set-up to ask for for what I'm looking for. Thanks in advanced.
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Hey I got a question for @Racecomp_Engineering. I have the RCE Yellows/B6 kit, and like it quite a lot. A couple weeks ago, I randomly had a couple hundred pounds of stuff in the trunk, and was surprised at how much more settled and smooth the car felt.
That got me thinking. In a car with a pretty significant front weight bias, why the square spring setup? The rear of this car has always been a little nervous/flighty (especially over our junk pavement around here). Seems like it'd make sense to make the rear more compliant, but I'm not a suspension engineer. |
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Key reason is motion ratio. The springs in the rear have a lot less leverage over the wheel than they do over the front. This mean that while the spring rates are square, wheel rates are not (more in the front, less in the rear) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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