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Re: lowering... (Messi10)
That is solely based on personal preference. However, from my own experience, I've heard that people are comfortable with a two finger gap between the fender and the wheel. If you want to post in the Appearance/Cosmetic forum, you need to be tucking or they'll flame you 
I personally like riding slammed
I personally like riding slammed
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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1755496 there is info about lowering in the link about half way down.. hope helps.
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Re: (DOHCtor83)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DOHCtor83 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you don't want to sacrifice handling don't go lower 1.5-2 inches. Try to keep your lower control arms parallel instead of angling upwards.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yup...
Style-wise, I feel that lowering it too much will just result in that deflated-airbag look, and the bottom ends of the wheel arches end up too far away from the tires to look any good.
About geometry & handling, I'll re-repeat the same thing I posted a week or so ago:
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Example: The angle of the front lower control arms while at stock height goes a little bit downwards from the center of the car to the wheels. So, as the suspension compresses, the arm comes towards being level, which makes the lower edge of the wheel move outwards, adding some negative camber -- which increases cornering grip.
(that's a description of the "camber curve" -- if you were to graph resulting camber angle vs suspension travel, it would make a curved line)
Lower the car a little bit (1 to 1.5"), and the geometry is still alright -- the body of the car drops the inboard mounting points of the control arms no lower than its outboard points, so the camber curve isn't affected too badly.
Lower the car too much, and the lower arm angles upward from the subframe to the strut. In this case, as the suspension compresses, the control arm swings its endpoint closer to the centerline of the car, which brings the bottom edge of the wheel hub inwards. That actually creates positive camber, and it's happening at the worst time -- while the car is cornering hard and requiring as much rubber on the road as possible.
Yup...
Style-wise, I feel that lowering it too much will just result in that deflated-airbag look, and the bottom ends of the wheel arches end up too far away from the tires to look any good.
About geometry & handling, I'll re-repeat the same thing I posted a week or so ago:
----
Example: The angle of the front lower control arms while at stock height goes a little bit downwards from the center of the car to the wheels. So, as the suspension compresses, the arm comes towards being level, which makes the lower edge of the wheel move outwards, adding some negative camber -- which increases cornering grip.
(that's a description of the "camber curve" -- if you were to graph resulting camber angle vs suspension travel, it would make a curved line)
Lower the car a little bit (1 to 1.5"), and the geometry is still alright -- the body of the car drops the inboard mounting points of the control arms no lower than its outboard points, so the camber curve isn't affected too badly.
Lower the car too much, and the lower arm angles upward from the subframe to the strut. In this case, as the suspension compresses, the control arm swings its endpoint closer to the centerline of the car, which brings the bottom edge of the wheel hub inwards. That actually creates positive camber, and it's happening at the worst time -- while the car is cornering hard and requiring as much rubber on the road as possible.
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