lowering a z
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lowering a z
a buddy from work is lowering is new trans am and was talking about needing special plates and the such to realign his rear end cuz dropping the ride height changes pitch angles and some stuff. do u need to do this to a z or does the ind. rear sus. compensate for all that
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Re: lowering a z
Up to about an 1" you should be okay after that then you
need to start thinking about camber and sectioning your
struts to allow full travel of the shock insert. I am about to
put on coil overs, and camber plates to lower my car.
The car is currently lowered 1" with a spring change.
Auxilary listed a few places that carry coil over kits for the
Z, and I have a few more he missed including the web site
sponsor www.strictlyz.com they can get you the
Ground Control set up .
need to start thinking about camber and sectioning your
struts to allow full travel of the shock insert. I am about to
put on coil overs, and camber plates to lower my car.
The car is currently lowered 1" with a spring change.
Auxilary listed a few places that carry coil over kits for the
Z, and I have a few more he missed including the web site
sponsor www.strictlyz.com they can get you the
Ground Control set up .
the Dude
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 381
From: Bay Area, California
Re: lowering a z
he's referring to camber plates
brief explanation of suspension geometry:
camber - your tire's top is either angled in towards the car, or away. towards - negative camber, away - positive.
/ / <--neg camber
\ \ <- pos. camber
toe - which way your tire points. toe in - tires are angled towards each other. toe out - the tires are angled away:
/ \ <--toe in.
\ / <--toe out
caster - how much your strut is angled to the wheel. positive caster means the strut is angled more towards the back of the car. (front relation)
Now, when you lower a car, your control arm retains the same position, but the strut on which the spring sits becomes angled more towards the body. The wheel, which is mounted to the hub that is part of the strut assembly, becomes angled in towards the top, therefore giving the car more negative camber. a camber plate corrects that by allowing the user adjustability to reposition the top of the strut to restore proper camber.
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'73 240z
'99 neon R/T
brief explanation of suspension geometry:
camber - your tire's top is either angled in towards the car, or away. towards - negative camber, away - positive.
/ / <--neg camber
\ \ <- pos. camber
toe - which way your tire points. toe in - tires are angled towards each other. toe out - the tires are angled away:
/ \ <--toe in.
\ / <--toe out
caster - how much your strut is angled to the wheel. positive caster means the strut is angled more towards the back of the car. (front relation)
Now, when you lower a car, your control arm retains the same position, but the strut on which the spring sits becomes angled more towards the body. The wheel, which is mounted to the hub that is part of the strut assembly, becomes angled in towards the top, therefore giving the car more negative camber. a camber plate corrects that by allowing the user adjustability to reposition the top of the strut to restore proper camber.
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'73 240z
'99 neon R/T
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