hmm.. ive heard from posts hear and there about people corner weighting there car! what does it exactly do? anybody know where in the La Area i could corner weight my car if i chose to do so? and how much does it run usually?

 

Corner weight is for cars with coilovers, it is a process to adjust the
weight/load for each corner of the car to achieve better handling.

 

Read this: http://www.grmotorsports.com/cornerweight.html

 

I want to get this done...too bad my ITR doesn't have coilovers yet.

How much $$$ does it usually cost? I like the idea of me sitting in my car while someone fiddles with the coilovers....ahhh, just like a teamster.

 

Yeah, how much does it cost to corner weight?!

 

ITRbroham has done this. Im sure he wouldnt mind sharing his thoughts.

 

The local porsche shop wanted to charge me 900 dollars.


[Modified by Juraks, 12:59 AM 8/21/2002]

 

 

900 pesos? i would not do it for that price since I don't get paid to race my car...

 

what the heck for??? so you can get groceries faster. if your car is not a dedicated race car i see no point in doing this. but whatever...

 

cost me $80 to get mine done.

 

It cost me $200, but they aligned my car as well. Made a HUGE difference.

 

$150 for me....2495 lbs...

 

what type of shop's did you guys get this done at? Id like to do it after I build my car...

 

I waited about a month after I got my Teins to get my ITR aligned and corner weighted(balanced). The tech put my car on the scales and took the weights with me in the car and with my helmet Then he put the car back on the alignment rack, adjusted the camber properly, which raised the driver's side up slightly higher so when I sat in the car it would be level and balanced with me in it. I wish I would have had a camber kit, so he could have adjusted the front more! Oh well

The car drove great! The turn-in when cornering was awesome with the - camber up front, but with the zero camber out back the car had alot of oversteer....especially with 195/50/15 tires. I had to soften the up the rear which kinda' sucked. But overall I would definitely spend the money to have it done again!

 

I love my teins.....how about you?

do you think this is a worth while investment for a car that isnt track driven?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dr Pooface &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It cost me $200, but they aligned my car as well. Made a HUGE difference.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sorry for bringin back the dead.
but yeah i made a huge differance? i really wanna get this done too..
i can tell when i'm making a right turn is not the same feeling as when i'm making a left.. i'm scared to track my car with coilover not corner weighted grr

 

You shouldnt be scared to track the car without cornerweighting unless an idiot installed them at different heights.

It makes the car way more planted and stable. But it is definitely not a necessity for a street car. Its around 250 in northern california. A lot of custom alignment places will do it......and no not directtire or Firestone.

Cornerweighting the car will not in any way make up for bad driving or bad technique, so i would worry more about the line and braking points.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmspoonitr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You shouldnt be scared to track the car without cornerweighting unless an idiot installed them at different heights.

Cornerweighting the car will not in any way make up for bad driving or bad technique, so i would worry more about the line and braking points.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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but if you were to take the same line and breaking point .. and if the car is off weight it could be dangerous. you cant really judge by wheel gap spaces .. but i guess you can always measure the height and try to make it as close as possible.

because my car doesnt feel stable it has more body roll when making a right turn .. compared to left.. and my wheel gap is pretty close to each other...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr1244 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">but if you were to take the same line and breaking point .. and if the car is off weight it could be dangerous. you cant really judge by wheel gap spaces .. but i guess you can always measure the height and try to make it as close as possible.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It won't be dangerous by any means. Maybe it won't handle optimally, but it won't be dangerous.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by itr1244 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">because my car doesnt feel stable it has more body roll when making a right turn .. compared to left.. and my wheel gap is pretty close to each other...</TD></TR></TABLE>

No offense, but how much track experience do you have?

I really don't mean this as an insult, but it sounds like you're imagining things.

 

I'm in the bay area and I was wondering if you knew the name of shop that do this.