My car is fairly lowered on Omni Race full coilover suspenion. The problem is that angling and slowing down immensely for dips and road hazards has become a major pain the ***.

Two options: Raise the car close to stock height or put the stock suspension back on. If I raise the car close to stock height my reasoning is just to put the stock suspension back on. But what if I keep the stock height on the Omni setup?? Would it be worthwhile handling wise and similar to when it was lowered, or if I was to raise the car should I just put the stock suspension back on? Does the concept of center of gravity and being 1.5" lower make that big of a difference?

 

Try raising it so there is about 3/4 inch drop from stock ride height. My Mugen Lowdowns are at this height and I have had very little trouble with road hazards/driveways. As far as the center of gravity I'm not too sure about so I wouldn't want to guess..

Car looks great by the way.

 

Im sure the center of gravity will be affected at high speeds, but as far as handling wise I think it should still be good.

 

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Hell yeah it does . Are those 16's?

 

Sure looks like 16s

 

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I was thinking the same thing actually.

 

I've heard you launch you car slightly better and you do become slightly more aerodynamic, I imagine that the gain extremely tiny.

Let's face it a lowered car looks cool...that's really it.

 

Your question is kinda hard to answer. Depending on the spring rates you have on the omni coilovers, just raise the car up on the coilovers. You will have a bit more roll since the car would be higher, but a lot less than if you were to put the stock suspension on. You are going to notice a difference with the car being higher, but to be honest...it's not going to be a huge difference with street driving. Make sure to get an alignment if you raise the car up.

 

I'm not too familiar with the omni coilovers but, I know tein makes you re-valve if you want to go with a softer spring rate. Is this the same with the omni's? If not, why don't you try a softer spring combo to be more compliant with the harsh street conditions, instead of raising the car. Possibly raise the front up a bit?

 

I am planning on keeping the OMNis now if the handling will not be greatly affected and still be leaps and bounds better than stock... Judging the car in the picture, should I just raise the front? or raise the whole car overall? And no valving needs to be done when adjusting ride height.


Car is never parked there, I'm not even sure where that location is. She's safe, don't worry.

 

if you like body roll then no

 

ride height does matter .. like if they are all balanced or not ...

i really want to corner weight my car..

 

If the Omnis are good shocks (I have no idea really) then even at stock height it will still handle better than the OEM susp.