Lowering springs, issues ???

[plowy]

One of my next things this year is to lower the car with some Eibach springs or similar, my concern is how it will affect the rear camber, is it going to be that i will need to get adjustable rear control arms ??, i don't want to do it then find the rear tyre scrub off the inside edge within a couple of thousand miles, advice welcome..

 

[sixspeed]

Depends what you use your car for. There will be increased camber as a result of lowering the car, but as I do a lot of track work, it's a welcome trade-off for me.

The rear tyres have worn themselves more on the inside as a result of this, but not excessively. The PS2s on my car for example, have still done approx 16,000 miles, and that includes three 'Ring trips, a day at Spa, a day at Bedford and a couple of sessions at Castle Coombe.... and lots of road miles in between

So yes, they will wear on the inside edge first, but not as drastically as you fear!

 

[plowy]

Interesting, quite simply if i get 10k from the rears in OEM trim i am happy therefore on your appraisal that is not an issue, what is the suspension set up on your car ??

 

[sixspeed]

I have the standard M shocks, with H&R lowering springs. They brought the car down to sit just right on the 19" CSLs. I think the drop was quoted as 35mm but I'd have to check to be 100% sure.

 

[plowy]

Where did you get your springs from ??

 

[sixspeed]

http://www.europerformance.co.uk/

 

[taffy]

16,000 miles, bloody hell, mine have done 3 trackdays and 9,000 miles and thery're bald!

 

[sixspeed]

Well mine are too now!

I guess I'm kinder on tyres! (though my burnout videos from Le Mans would suggest otherwise - that was on the same set I'm referring to!)

Having said that, I don't push the car on the 'Ring as hard as I do on other tracks with more room for error, so I expect if I replaced the days at the 'Ring with more regular trackdays, they'd have finished a bit sooner...