how low before too low?

[95Blue240sx]

i know that if you lower your car too low then it can hurt the performance of hadling. right now im running on kyb gr2s and eibach pro kits. im getting tein has real soon. and i just wanted to know at what point does the suspension become inactive?

[Dousan_PG]

when you turn hard and the body roll causes your tires to rub the fender and or the body rubs the ground hahahaha

also too low makes clearacne over speed bumps no fun :(

[kandyflip445]

Originally posted by dousan36
also too low makes clearacne over speed bumps no fun :(


Unless you don't care about your car!!!!:D Then it's loads of fun!:p

[LanceS13]

Going too low changes the range of motion of the suspension out of the range for which it was designed. This can cause bump steer and maybe even suspension binding. Mine's about 2" lower than stock and bump steer is minimal and it doesn't bind, but I'd imagine much lower and those may become a problem.

[95Blue240sx]

whats bump steer? can you please explain?

[misnomer]

Height alone doesn't determine performance. How much sense does it make to say "My car is lowered an inch more than yours and has GOT to handle better?"

. . .you guys just remember I said that :-)

[Tubed4evr]

Bump steer occurs when the suspension is bottomed out. Like say you are going around a really tight on ramp and your suspension isn't stiff enough, it could be fully compressed just from turning. Then you hit a bump. Well that's asking the suspension to compress even farther and since it has no where to go the force is sent right through the suspension to the frame where it can feel like the car jumps to the side (because it does to some degree). They way to avoid this is to either make the suspension stiffer and thus making it more difficult for it to bottom out. Or to design more suspension travel into the system (a luxury us tuners rarely have).

Hope this helps

Ryan

[Halz]

'Bump steer' is the measure of toe change as the suspension compresses. So, bump steer is always in occurrence.. its severity will just become more apparent as the suspension gets further in its stroke (or if you've intentionally lowered the car to where the suspension arms would have a greater influence on bump steer.) Bump steer is exponential, just like a similar measure: 'camber curve'.