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Post by S4INT » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:45 pm

Yep, I have the support brackets too and had my car set-up at Wheels-in-motion. As Olly says, the geo set-up is essential to get the best out of the car.

The last time I was at Bedford Autodrome it was wet in the morning and the car was actually oversteering quite nicely - amazing for an Audi!
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Post by ollys » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:04 pm

rhunter203 wrote:By how much has your car been lowered? And is it speed hump friendly (probably not I fear)?

Am thinking of going down your route...
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Not at all. There is no camber adjustment on the front so the lower you go the more camber you introduce on the front wheels. I actually asked Chris to set the ride heights to be speed hump friendly and even with that done the front cambers were still a little over the recommended OEM range (ie more negative) on the front, and so the rears were matched to the fronts to create neutrality across the chassis.

If you want to go lower you can, and still adjust the rear camber to match the fronts, but you risk premature tyre wear. The solution is adjustable links on the front, like for example the ones from Stern, which do allow camber adjustment, but as I mentioned I wanted a speed hump friendly car.

My advice would be go for it :thumbs:
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Post by ollys » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:05 pm

ollys wrote:
rhunter203 wrote:By how much has your car been lowered? And is it speed hump friendly (probably not I fear)?

Am thinking of going down your route...
Cheers
Rob
Not at all. There is no individual camber adjustment on the front (only equalisation by shifting the front subframe from side to side) so the lower you go the more camber you introduce on the front wheels. I actually asked Chris to set the ride heights to be speed hump friendly and even with that done the front cambers were still a little over the recommended OEM range (ie more negative) on the front, and so the rears were matched to the fronts to create neutrality across the chassis. I would say my car is OEM ride height which is optimal in my case for camber too :D

If you want to go lower you can, and still adjust the rear camber to match the fronts, but you risk premature tyre wear. The solution is adjustable links on the front, like for example the ones from Stern, which do allow camber adjustment, but as I mentioned I wanted a speed hump friendly car.

My advice would be go for it :thumbs:

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Post by 2dogsjohn » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:54 pm

if i was to change one thing first what would it be ARBs or shocks?

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Post by Jules » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:04 pm

I did both at the same time,but would probably do the arb's 1st.
I think you will notice a big difference with less body roll.
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Post by rhunter203 » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:26 pm

Jules wrote:I did both at the same time,but would probably do the arb's 1st.
I think you will notice a big difference with less body roll.
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Post by Contigo » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:28 pm

Just so expensive though but i'm sure worth it in the long run.
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