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I'm about to lower my Del Sol between 1.5 - 2 inches from stock height on an ebay domestic market suspension setup.
What specifically do I need to adjust afterwards? Like toe and camber? I heard camber isn't really necessary to do and how exactly should the toe be set (I plan on doing a diy alignment)?
Also will there be in any way more stress on my trailing arm bushings and front lower ball joints? The center of both trailing arm bushings are almost separated from the outer ring and my ball joints (although have no play) are pretty smashed looking.
Get the car aligned for toe. You'll end up with about 2.2 degrees of camber naturally. It won't hurt to use a camber kit to dial out the camber a little. But its not necessary.
Get it re-aligned after like 500-1k miles to account for spring sag. Or raise it up a little when the springs sag.
Clocking your bushings will minimize the amount of height change over time.
Will both front and back toe need to be adjusted? And doesn't the front toe need to be toed in like a 16th of an inch or something?
So there won't be a change in stress on my trailing arm bushings and ball joints? Eventually I'll replace them, but I don't want them to break while I'm driving right after lowering my car.
Lower ball joints will see extra stress from harder spring rates and greater operating angle. Upper ball joints will see extra stress from their operating angle. So....both will wear faster, but you should still see decent life span at a 2" drop.
You can correct the operating angles with a camber kit. BUT....camber kit ball joints are junk when compared to stock.
Your original rear trailing arm bushings will tear faster. When you replace the RTA bushing, you should buy a Honda replacement...and clock it to your new ride height, and it will last. The RTA bushing needs to be removed and reinstalled to clock it.
All other bushings can be clocked by loosening bolts...and then re-tightening them at ride height. If you leave them clocked to factory height or tighten them while the car is in the air...you will tear/crack all of them in a few months.
Alright so I lowered my car and there's about a 1.5 inch gap for each wheel. I clocked all the bushings that were involved except for the trailing arm bushings. Now I want to do basic toe adjustments before I actually get an alignment. Is this where I adjust the rear toe?:
The end of the rear trailing arm is connected to this bolt. But it looks adjustable
Honestly, you shouldn't really need to adjust rear toe. I lowered my car, and the rear toe stayed the same. I wouldn't bother unless you're getting abnormal tire wear down the road.
Rear tires toe in on compression. So...you may not notice much uneven wear. Just accelerated wear.
Get an alignment. You absolutely need the fronts to be aligned anyway. Whats the point of leaving the rears alone?
I didn't leave them alone without checking on the alignment rack first... The rear specs were .1 toe in on the left and .3 toe in on the right. The right side should have been adjusted. But honestly it isn't going to matter at .3.
And you most definitely need the front aligned. Something will be off.
What I'm saying is.... Go on the rack, do a check, and adjust as necessary.
11-25-2015, 01:48 PM
~2 inch drop; what adjustments needed?
