Let me first say that I can raise the back of the car by using the 3rd ring on the Koni yellows. I am going in for an alignment tomorrow and I want to know if there is any benefit for having a lower rear by about a 1/2". I am currently running H&R race springs, skunk2 camber kit for the front and Koni Yellows. It is a really dumb question I know, but I figure I could save an hours worth of work. Plus I a waiting for it to cool off a little outside. It is on an Integra.

I need a quick reply please, thank you very much in advance.

 

That is opposite of the typical rake angle. You want the front lower than the rear to aid with aerodynamics in terms of drag and downforce. For FWD, the rake angle aslo shifts weight to the front wheels, which benefits traction.

 

Thanks Dogginator! I'll go to work!

 

Yeah, just don't be kickin' that 60's era muscle car stance. Of course, that could create the illusion of rocket-like acceleration.

 

LMAO. It has more of a gangsta lean right now. Thanks again.

 

OK got some new pics- I just raised the back up and thought I would ***** my car out a little.
This is how it sat in the back-

This is how is sits now-

Final product


The ride quality and performance should hopefully improve. I am going to the shop to get it aligned tomorrow.

 

hey i have a quick question Lan. ur able to raise the back because of the koni's u have right? what kind of drop did u get on the H&R race springs? and how are the springs? stiff or soft or in the middle? let me know cause i have H&R sports right now but the rear is not as low as i would want it to be. there is maybe a 1 to 1 1/4 inch gap between the rear wheel and the 1/4 panel. thanx

 

First question is a 'yes' The rear struts have 3 height settings, the fronts have 2 height settings.
Second question is 2" in the front, 1.75" in the rear.
Third question is that I love the way it handles now that I have lifted the car back up. The struts were bottoming out and causing the car to bounce when I set them too low.

I like the way a slammed car looks but I have found the best possible performance from my setup the way I have it now.

 

so right now whats the gap between ur rear wheel and the 1/4 panel? doesnt look like more than an inch? and is the ride stiff or not too stiff not too soft? thanx

 

It's about an inch. I can adjust how still or soft I want the ride to be but I drive everywhere on the stiffest setting and I don't mind it. It is a good combination IMO.

 

thanx for the input

 

This may sound stupid, but did you cut the bumpstops up front when you lowered the car. That is the only reason I can think of why the front would be higher than the rear with your parts combo...

Also make sure the springs are properly seated inside the upper mounts. Lowering springs shouldn't be able to come completely loose at full droop, but I don't have any personal experience with them so I can't say for sure...

 

Can you post a pic, specifically of interest would be what your front spring perches look like installed on the car. With the perches installed on the top groove in the front and middle groove in the rear, then you have the stock locations. You should specifrically not need to put your rear perch on the highest groove to get rid of the rake. I am guessing that you have some other problem (my guess is improperly installed front perches) that is causing your car to sit funny. You need to identify the real problem and not just change something else to band-aid fix the sympton (low tail).

Post a pic of the front perch if you can but the chrome perch should reach downward and be shapped like a bell and not upward to be shapped like a cup. You did not say what the car is so I don't know what your rear perch should look like, shome are bell shaped and some are cup shaped. The real answer is that they should look exactly like the stock perches that you removed or they are installed wrong.

 

You can't see the pics? It is an integra. I will take some pics of the car tomorrow, because I have too much to do tonight. I am certain I installed them correctly. If the front perches were installed incorrectly wouldn't my car shake or give some indication that the ride quality is off?

 

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It's not that we can't see your pics, its that we need to see an actual picture of the front shocks. Something is wrong because H&R springs shouldn't sit like that on Koni shocks. It's a very common combonation, and a lot of people run it...

If you did install something incorrectly, there would be no indication, until the spring perches gave way & it leaves you with a bottomed out corner.

PS: You still didn't say weather or not you cut your bump-stops when you lowered the car...