Raising the car = better handling???

[chauster]

You'd rather listen to a bunch of randoms on ozhonda than listen to your mechanic? Lol

On topic your mech knows what his on about.

[e240]

You'd rather listen to a bunch of randoms on ozhonda than listen to your mechanic? Lol
On topic your mech knows what his on about.

That really depends who the mechanic is...there are bunches of random mechanics out there too you know. :-p

[mugen_ctr]

Mugen_CTR - Thats what i thought, i know lowering the car can result in a harsher ride hence why i haven't dumped it like some. I have the ITR rear sway and have got adjustable camber arms both front and rear . I have lots or adjustibility in the rear but it appears the fronts are rather limited. Not sure why i would think that i would be able to get more than -0.5 deg.

Chauster and rhys.l - When i was talking to him, i didn't fully understand what he was talking about and since i couldn't remember all the details (not very useful when trying to search on google), i know that some people on here have a wealth of knowledge, whether they be internet mechanics or real ones, they may be able to point me in the right direction. After reading more from the links provided, he is correct, i was trying to figure out the reasons why as to rather just going ok, i'll raise my car.

the part i was trying to figure out is, he recommended raising my car maybe another 1 inch, given my car hasn't been lowered that much from stock, raising it another inch would put it above stock height, so i was questioning whether raising that much would actually be beneficial or worse.

0.5 camber max?!?!? doesnt sound right, Most camber kit allow for +/-3 degrees or so, much like my Hardrace camber kit, But from my experience -0.5 is a good enough on a DD, ATM im running around -1 at the front and -0.5 at rear, so far so good

That really depends who the mechanic is...there are bunches of random mechanics out there too you know. :-p

thats true.... what one mechanic says another may say other wise... And also, what may work for one may not necessary work for another, IMO, find a balance between the two, looks and performace.

To OP theres not much point in goin all performance if looks, and by looks i mean how you feel about it looks, not others, is goin to be effected.... If u aint satisfied with it looks, than surely theres gotta be a compromise , It is ur car at the end of the day, and its not a race car so dont stress too much

[quang]

0.5 camber max?!?!? doesnt sound right, Most camber kit allow for +/-3 degrees or so, much like my Hardrace camber kit, But from my experience -0.5 is a good enough on a DD, ATM im running around -1 at the front and -0.5 at rear, so far so good



thats true.... what one mechanic says another may say other wise... And also, what may work for one may not necessary work for another, IMO, find a balance between the two, looks and performace.

To OP theres not much point in goin all performance if looks, and by looks i mean how you feel about it looks, not others, is goin to be effected.... If u aint satisfied with it looks, than surely theres gotta be a compromise , It is ur car at the end of the day, and its not a race car so dont stress too much

-0.5 doesn't sound right to me either. maybe i'll just try to bring it to another shop and make sure they know about all the adjustable bits i have.
well actually, i'm trying to get to as many trackdays as possible this year. the car has had its trouble over the past year and everything is coming good now so ready to put it back out.
I guess all i was curious about was the recommendation to essentially raise it above stock height, would it be better? but yes i need to find a compromise and do some more reading to understand whats going on.