mp5 suspension question

[vapors]

99+coilovers will fit. It's all the same chasis. the difference is the front end. 99-00 have 2 piece headlights. 01-03 have 1 piece.

 

[pluto316]

Why does no one care about the Ground-Controls, damn it!

 

[khaosman]

Camber plates usually have settings you could adjust it to so that you don't have to always put your car on an alignment machine to figure out where your camber is at. If you set it to -2 on the plate, it should read the same on the alignment machine. THUS you can always set your car back to "stock" settings once your finished at the track and you now need to drive it home.

My JIC FLT-A1s have camber adjustment, just FYI.

 

[Ilikemazda]

yea khaosman - I noticed that your jics ahev camber plates up front. Is it really that easy - where if you go to a track event, and say you want more negative camber you just adjust on the camber plate the correct number and its accurate? Also will the tein basics eliminate a large portion of body roll? I was in oa car with basics and there was a surprisingly amount of body roll, almost no better than stock?

 

[cornflaykes]

I just ordered my JIC's FLT-A1's today from horsepower freaks, talk to Ben...

 

[khaosman]

yea khaosman - I noticed that your jics ahev camber plates up front. Is it really that easy - where if you go to a track event, and say you want more negative camber you just adjust on the camber plate the correct number and its accurate? Also will the tein basics eliminate a large portion of body roll? I was in oa car with basics and there was a surprisingly amount of body roll, almost no better than stock?

I haven't messed with the camber yet, but it should be easy. What car were they on? Going from the stock (and then MSP springs) to my JICs with the AWR 21.5mm bar was a radically different change. The car did handle well, but now it is like it is on rails. That term gets thrown around a lot, but seriously, it is amazing.

Assuming the Teins are close to the same spring rates, I would expect similiar results. It would have been interesting to do a more scientific install and see what made a bigger difference, the JICs or the AWR bar.

 

[Brian MP5T]

Brian MP5T - I am not sure what you meant by the car loses an equal amount of travel? Maybe the car has less distance towards completely bottoming out?

Yes