bobbyc Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 i'm gettin ready to order the GC kit along with the TTT camber plates.the front of my car is fine..could go a little lower, the rear is what i'm really lookin to lower. i'm wondering if anyone knows the amount of drop i will get by installing the camber plates and gettin rid of the top strut isolators on my 240? cause what i'm thinkin is the camber plates in the front will give me all the drop i need, thinkin ~2". the rear of the car will give me another ~2" with the plates, and if i need i can remove the spacer pressed on the bottom of the strut and section the rear as needed to get additional drop. i'm not lookin for my floor pan supports to be 3" off the ground...but to give it a good 2-3" drop over stock position. i already have the illuminas for a stock car and want to use those...about how much more of a drop can just the sturts take over the tokico springs and not bottom out?...i did some searching but couldn't find anything in reference to the drop camber plates give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 That's backasswards from the way it usually happens. Are you running really tall rear tires or something? To answer the question, the camber plates will drop both ends of the car about 1.5". If you had a 280 the rear would drop more like 2.5". This is a rough estimate, so don't hold me to this exactly. What you should really do is set the ride height where you want it and then see how much suspension travel you have left. Most Z's end up running out of travel in the front long before the rear, which is why your expectation seems wrong to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 yeah...i don't know what it is...maybe the springs in front..the top coils all sit on each other...and like the bottom 3 are spaced apart...the rear coils are all spaced evenly, progressive vs linear i guess. i mean..the car looks fine just a little higher than i'd like...here's a crappy pic from a few weeks back...still workin on the flares...tires in the rear are a 245/45/16 so not tall..the fronts are a 225/45/16 so close in size. if the camber plates will give ~1.5" additional drop that'd be good enough for me...and save me from havin to section....i guess i will get it setup without sectioning...get it to desired height...and then measure amount of travel left and go from there...if sectioing is required i will go from there...thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I think that explains it. Sounds like you're running Tokico springs now, so you're almost bottomed out all the time. I think you'll find that if you put some 2.5 ID springs on there the front will sit high, and then to get it down to where you think it looks right you'll be almost out of travel. Read this: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=121496 Bottom line is to get the stance you want any lower than you already are I think you really should section the front struts and probably all 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhptom Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Are those full rear quarter replacements or did you just tape a straight line in front of the tire before you primered. Looks good either way. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Mine Motors Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 so how is the ride quality when you take out the top strut isolators and put in camber plates? since there is a lot less cushion. is it more louder, or more bumpy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 so how is the ride quality when you take out the top strut isolators and put in camber plates? since there is a lot less cushion. is it more louder, or more bumpy? I'm running camber plates. No rubber isolators etc. The ride quality is fine imo. The differnece before and after is barely noticeable. Not really an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 did you section? i guess i might as well while it's all apart...and i'm powdercoating it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 the flares are basically the wheel arches and a little more...the rest was built. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderllama Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 so wait, when installing coilovers you don't have to section the struts? i was under the impression that you had to section them to get them to work. sorry for the hijack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2126 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 so wait, when installing coilovers you don't have to section the struts? i was under the impression that you had to section them to get them to work. sorry for the hijack. Sectioning the struts is applicable when the chassis is lowered enough to compromise the travel with stock length struts. The bump travel is what will be compromised on stock struts when lowering the chassis! Hope this clear the air for you a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Mine Motors Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 ya you only have to section the stuts if you lowered the car so much that it keeps bottoming out when you drive. so it depends how much you want to lower it. also thanks for the info buZy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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