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Subject The theory behind putting a spacer on top and bottom
     
Posted by Dave N on February 17, 2004 at 6:57 AM
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In Reply To It helps but here is my side of story posted by HakenTT on February 17, 2004 at 12:58 AM
     
Message doesn't make sense:

"To do the job right both sides have to have a spacer top and bottom" By putting a spacer on top, you are locating the entire subframe farther away from the body (by whatever thickness the spacer is). This will raise the body higher in the rear and upset the suspension geometry. How would this affect the shock? Since the entire subframe would be lowered by XX millimeters, I would expect that the shocks would need to be lowered by the same amount.

One could argue that this is a negligible change, but I'm not convinced.

While potentially subtle, I would expect the overall effect of this design to raise the rear of the car and make the fender to tire gap more noticeable.


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