View Poll Results: whats a more comfortable ride?

tein basic coilovers

83.33%

koni shocks & goldlines

16.67%

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Aug 20, 2005 | 07:07 AM

#21

Dewmerz

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I have family up in the west hills off of Rancho California so I am down there every few months. Usually just for the weekend.

I would say they are fun for the backroads. Body roll is under control.

Aug 20, 2005 | 02:13 PM

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SciFly

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From: Miami, FL

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Originally Posted by Dewmerz

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Originally Posted by SciFly

Hmmm.. dunno! So I understand now that as I drop the front via the adjustable Tein Basics, then negative camber appears.
Presume I drop..say, 1.5" in the front. (the rear is going down as far as possible, even up to 2.5", providing no muffler drag-itis crops up.

At around a 1.5" drop I cannot see any visible camber being created on the front. Even seeing squirrel at the extreme opposite below 2.4" with one of the collars removed I could not visibly see any camber until he added the cuscos.

I like the look of 2 degrees on the front if the 3 degree rear camber platesare used. It has a nice flow to it. There are a few pictures of squirrels xB with this setup somewhere here or he can post them up himself.

Right now I am running no additional camber front or rear. If I had the right wheels to complete the look/feel and there were rear camber plates less than 3 degrees I would probably go for it and put them on and dial in a degree or 2 in the front.

Honestly I am no expert. I do my best to read everything I can and figure out how things work. I am only speaking from my personal experience. There are people on here who have been at it much longer than me with much more precise knowledge.

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Ojala! Until I read your inputs I was thinking ___ backward again: that the Cuscos
were camber -correction- plates.
Cuscos might be just what I'll want for the front... to ADD camber.

Here's a soft focus poor pic just made of my RS2 as it sets today.
Note the horrible wheel gap (ugh) that the Tein Basic's drop-ability will at least help.
The gap is particularly bad because these tires are 195/50/15.
Blackening the inside wheelwells will help but really, considering this wheelcover treatment I do think I want to skirt over the rear wells, above the lower lip line.
That would make a fix of all gaps. ha.

Aug 20, 2005 | 02:23 PM

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SciFly

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here's a pic and descriptive of Cusco camber adjustment plates

I see why the cost is ca. $200. There's a lot to this kit. It's not just a shim or a hunka mild steel

this is a Gadwin Screenshot of a web page. It is not an active page, except to take you to Imageshack.us if you should click anywhere on the image. Gadwin is freeware and is very neat, handy, and bug-free.