Increasing ride height w/ spacers or washers?
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Increasing ride height w/ spacers or washers?
hey,
Back when I first got my lude, I dropped it down 1.8". Now after XX sets of tires, I was thinking of raising it a lil. I have H&R's w/ KYC g2's. I was thinking of just putting in like some 3/8" spacers between the top plate and the chasis. Any thoughts on this?
Back when I first got my lude, I dropped it down 1.8". Now after XX sets of tires, I was thinking of raising it a lil. I have H&R's w/ KYC g2's. I was thinking of just putting in like some 3/8" spacers between the top plate and the chasis. Any thoughts on this?
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Re: Increasing ride height w/ spacers or washers? (eggie75)
And... what are the spacers supposed to do? Are you not getting enough rebound? If not, then your too low... raise your car up and save yourself tires and increase handling characteristics.
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Re: Increasing ride height w/ spacers or washers? (eggie75)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eggie75 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey,
Back when I first got my lude, I dropped it down 1.8". Now after XX sets of tires, I was thinking of raising it a lil. I have H&R's w/ KYC g2's. I was thinking of just putting in like some 3/8" spacers between the top plate and the chasis. Any thoughts on this?</TD></TR></TABLE>
My thoughts:
Did you ever have the car aligned after you changed the ride height?
Because if you didn't, then you're addressing the problem from the wrong angle (alignment tech joke, ha ha).
Get the car on an alignment rack (with fresh tires - unevenly worn tires won't allow it to line up properly) and have them set the toe to dead center of the factory specs. That should solve the majority if not all of your tire wear issues, without buying additional parts and/or screwing around with unsafe setups. And it's something you should have already done to begin with.
Back when I first got my lude, I dropped it down 1.8". Now after XX sets of tires, I was thinking of raising it a lil. I have H&R's w/ KYC g2's. I was thinking of just putting in like some 3/8" spacers between the top plate and the chasis. Any thoughts on this?</TD></TR></TABLE>
My thoughts:
Did you ever have the car aligned after you changed the ride height?
Because if you didn't, then you're addressing the problem from the wrong angle (alignment tech joke, ha ha).
Get the car on an alignment rack (with fresh tires - unevenly worn tires won't allow it to line up properly) and have them set the toe to dead center of the factory specs. That should solve the majority if not all of your tire wear issues, without buying additional parts and/or screwing around with unsafe setups. And it's something you should have already done to begin with.
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yea, tire wear is the main issue.
toe is aligned.
only ball joint camber kits are available for 5th gen ludes. I bought one before, but if you compare vs stock, they are taller on the top of the lca. my ball joints already hit so a camber kit would've probably punched through so i sold em.
toe is aligned.
only ball joint camber kits are available for 5th gen ludes. I bought one before, but if you compare vs stock, they are taller on the top of the lca. my ball joints already hit so a camber kit would've probably punched through so i sold em.
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Re: (eggie75)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eggie75 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea, tire wear is the main issue.
toe is aligned. </TD></TR></TABLE>
are you wearing unevenly? whats your alignment specs? when was the last alignment?
Modified by Tyson at 4:32 PM 11/16/2007
toe is aligned. </TD></TR></TABLE>
are you wearing unevenly? whats your alignment specs? when was the last alignment?
Modified by Tyson at 4:32 PM 11/16/2007
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Re: (eggie75)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eggie75 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea, tire wear is the main issue.</TD></TR></TABLE>
How are they wearing? Pictures and tread depth measurements help.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">toe is aligned.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Post the spec sheet.
How are they wearing? Pictures and tread depth measurements help.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">toe is aligned.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Post the spec sheet.
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