My bro just got a Billstein Suspension installed on his S, but he seems to be quite uncomfortable with it. He says the tail comes out to easily for his standards. He is a novice so is there anything he can put on or do before he learns how to use oversteer to his advantage?

 

Stiffer front swaybar (or softer rear). Work with alignment settings.

-Mike

 

Did he get a 4 wheel alignment done after the install? If not, he should have. Did he lower the car?

 

He got his suspension aligned, corner weighted, etc. already. Yes he did lower it...thats another thing...it seems like it wasn't even dropped that much...


[Modified by itr501, 12:48 AM 1/11/2002]

 

He should try raising the car back up to stock height. I've heard that lowering the S2K greatly changes it's handling. Mind you he will have to get it cornerweighted and aligned again.

He might also try lowering the rear tire pressure a bit. Do you know what tire pressures he is running? Is he still on stock rims/tires?

 

Yes hes still on stock rims/tires

 

I have H&R's which are pretty much the same thing as the Bilstein's. I have the car lowered about an inch from stock. The coilovers can go much lower, but any lower and the alignment is too far out of spec. I had it lowered the whole way for a couple days just to see what it looked like and the handling was herrendous. If you keep em half way between stock and slammed you should be able to maintain most of your original suspension travel, but don't expect the car to handle as well as stock. You could experiment with sway bars, but it won't necessarily solve the problem.

 

Your bro wouldnt happen to be Cliff would it?