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lurch_fon
07-15-2009, 03:08 AM
How much drop will the stock toe/traction arms accomodate for alignment adjustment? or after how much drop do i need to do adjustable arms?

p0onsta
07-15-2009, 07:55 AM
I have s-techs that advertise a 1.5" drop.

they seem like it's more than 1.5", so the advertised drop isn't necessarily true.

i've heard 1.5" you're okay, but with my setup (s14),

stock-compatible spec of what i want:
front camber: -1*
rear camber: -1.5*

best I was able to get:
front camber: -1.5*
rear camber: -2.5*

So front camber I can accept, but the rears...you're looking to get some adjustable arms.

projectRDM
07-15-2009, 08:29 AM
OE adjustment is no more than .5 degrees. Since the car is typically set for a little negative camber and increased toe, lowering it any will pull those values in more. With offset bushings you can get another .5 degrees, but that's negligible when measuring the total thrust angle.

lurch_fon
07-15-2009, 11:46 AM
thanks guys. Looks like adjustable arms for me. I dropped the hell out of it, and got adjustable uppers and now its toed out like hell. so much that i dont think the stock arms could possibly bring the wheels back in.