extreme camber

[Alexander van Gerbig]

    Well let's start worrying about handling above looks at this point.  I
have been there and done that with a FWD TYP89 sedan.  I started out with a
LARGE drop, -60mm all around and Koni Sport shocks.  I also had 16" Borbet
Type T rims and 205/45 tires, see here
http://www.uvm.edu/~avangerb/myaudi28.jpg.  It looked pretty damn nice,
slammed for sure, though the ride was far from what I really desired, it was
sloppy, bumpsteer to boot, and no ground clearance at all.  The springs were
too soft and the shocks were set to stiff, shocks were doing lots of work to
control the car's movements.  When I had that setup installed I had the
strut bearings replaced and that's it.  The shocks blew out due to being
overworked so it was time to refreshen my suspension.

    The second setup on the car was a 2Bennett coilovers setup.  I wanted
the adjustability of the coilovers and you can pick through many different
spring rates and linear vs. progressive.  New Koni Sport shocks went in with
the 2Bennett coilovers.  This time I didn't drop the car so low to avoid
bumpsteer and tramlining (following cracks and dips in the road).  When the
suspension went in I did ball joints, urq strut bearings, and all the
bushings in the car (control arms, subframe, panhard rod, and rear trailing
arms).  This proved to be a good move and the car was a thousand times
nicer.  Even though the car was higher than before there was much less roll,
less bumpsteer, and I actually liked the looks slightly better with the car
up off the ground.  I'd say I dropped it around 1.3", see here
http://www.uvm.edu/~avangerb/myaudi39.jpg.

    You don't need any camber plates.  When you drop the rear the camber
doesn't change.  Up front the camber is still within an adjustable range of
the stock ball joints.  I do not recommend going more than the Eibach or H&R
let you go, it's really not worth it because of the handling issues that
arise from being too low.  When you go to get a 16" or 17" setup then look
to get a slightly larger overall size than stock to fill in that wheel well
gap.

Cheers!

Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)

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