i try to avoid the potholes but, you know, sometimes they are unavoidable...

have u ever hit????

 

Im at 26 1/4 now too.

Why dont you meet me at Temple City Auto Repair Saturday 9 AM.
You can look at mine, and compare.

 

sounds good bro... ill meet up saturday morning... not to far from where i stay... that way i can see ur set up, compare, and have a better and clear idea of my situation...

 

Finally!!! Darin from Westend Alignment did and amazing job with my suspension and elliminated my spc front kit from hitting (fully tuned it!!!)..... he made changes to my exact numbers and left my car feeling AMAZING (not talking just alingment)!!! had no idea my car could feel the way it does... i am still amazed at the way the car feels and handles... feels like it is track ready...!!

this is trully what the G needs to drive and handle like at all times!!!
many would say that corner balancing is a waste of money but in reality, its about the suspension and car being properly set up... all i can really say is that the money was WELL SPENT... if ur suspension allows for corner balancing, do it!!! u wont be disappointed... u gotta try it at least once in ur life time if u havent tuned up ur suspension like this yet... Car feels AMAZING .... some say that this place is over rated, but having tried different places and now after the Quality of Darin's work, Westend Alignment has a customer for LIFE!!!!! do ur alignment and corner balancing guys...

Want to thank JEBperformance for recommending this place... I wanna thank Darin and his son as well... Price isnt bad at all for the amount of time and quality of Darins work... he takes his time and makes sure everything is perfect...!!! Will write a full review of the changes he made to my suspension in a new thread...

 

Define corner balancing?

 

Corner balancing is one of the best things you can do to improve the handling characteristics of your street car (DD), track car, or race car that has coilovers (can only be done with specific coilovers). In reality, the only true way to set up your coilover suspension is to have your car corner balanced. Sure, you can get the suspension settings "close" without corner balancing, but what’s the point of having a fully-adjustable suspension if you’re just going to get it "close" or "eyeball" the settings?

Corner balancing is adjusting the ride heights of a vehicle to equalize the load on all four tires to maximize grip and increase performance. Imagine a table with one leg that is shorter than the other three. You know that the table will wobble (and annoy you during your meal). The same thing can happen with your suspension if it’s not adjusted correctly with corner balancing.

You do this to maximize the cornering ability of your car. We adjust the cross weights of the car to optimize the balance of the car and ensure that all four tires are exerting equal pressure/weight on the ground.

(This is the issue i was having since not all wheels were exerting the same weight at each wheel. So when i would go over a big bump or over a major pothole, the car would dip more than it should causing it to hit under the fender well. Couldnt believe this was happening even with the Tein Flex coils. The Flex coils where not tuned from the Tein warehouse but why would they be. My car barely dips on bumps, cracks, potholes etc. on the 12th setting of 16 and it feels prefectly balanced now. Goes over everything comfortably too. Car handles turns with no body roll even at really high speeds. Simply amazing!!!!)

I couldn’t believe the difference in the way the car handled after the corner balance! It made such a difference in the car's overall performance and i cant believe that I didnt corner balanced my last car right after I installed coilovers as well. Once again, you get what you pay for!

 

^^Thanks for the clarification.

I'm not overly familiar with car suspensions, but am on bikes. A similar adjustment is typically done to adjust the bike to weight of the rider. The goal is to get the suspension in the middle of its travel based on the weight of the bike+ rider in full gear. This gives the suspension optimum travel in both directions. In addition, things like compression and rebound damping is also adjustable. More fancy suspensions have both high and low speed circuits too.

 

So what are your final settings OP (i.e. ground to front fender apex height, camber, caster plate setting, and caster cylinder orientation (SPC logo in or out))?

I just adjusted my ride height to 26 1/8 and drove it home from shop, slowly though cause I had a bunch of tools in the back. I didn't hit but want to avoid it...

 

After corner balancing and alignment my settings are as follow...

1. Front and rear height from ground to fender is 26 inches.
2. Front camber is -1.25
3. Rear camber is -1.5
4. caster plate setting... dont remember the actual number... think they were left at stock setting (round edges were left facing the outside)... ill get back to you with the actual number on this one...
5. caster cylinder orientation... SPC logo facing out towards you...

Ride quality and performance is great. Some camber for performance but not a whole lot to have bad tire wear...

Remember, this wasnt the case at the begining. Corner balancing adjustments/settings, IMO, has a lot to do with how my ride feels and handles now. Day and Night difference.

I think that proper suspension changes such as changing coils and height requires and alignment, camber and toe kit for front and back. As well as corner balancing so that it sits, rides and performs properly.

What are you settings OP?

 

^thanks. I'm gonna adjust my ride height and didn't want to run into the arm hitting issue you were having. Based on your posts it seems like you resolved them.

I'm going to adjust my ride height to be similar to yours. Currently I'm at 26.125 on front. Gonna adjust the rear to that height tomorrow.

This is definitely a good thread. I didn't realize the arms would hit if you were dropped >= 3" from stock.

 

Your ride should look good at that height... i still have to get th caster numbers i promised you... will try posting tomorrow.. Post some pics when youre finished with your project...

Most def... functionality over form anytime of the day...

 

Yeah bro... didnt realize how much i was dropped too until i parked next to another IP... other IP looked like a scared cat bout to launch itself... lol...

youll be satisfied with those numbers...

 

I hit yesterday,...wasn't a good feeling =\

seriously considering putting my stock arms back on. i would rather have tire wear than contact with a-arm and well well. tires can be replaced, potential for structural damage to the wheel well->not sure about correcting that.

 

You must be really slammed, I used to hit when my G was super slammed but after I raised a bit I don't hit nomore.

 

I'm only @ 26 1/8" all the way around. I don't think that is too low. Others have posted in this thread @ 25 1/2"

What do you think?