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Thread: 3" drop on coilovers, what about sway bars?

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    3" drop on coilovers, what about sway bars?

    The project car is dropped low. What would this do to sway bar system? Do i need an adjustable system? Or is it ok as long as the wheels are equal height?
    Nobody would recertify these machines after somebody screwed with them without any visibility into what they did.

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    You're going to need shorter, or adjustable sway bar link pins for the front at least...
    3" drop is a lot.. You're going to want a very high spring rate to cope with the loss of travel, and your roll centre is going to be too low and handling performance will suffer.

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    Alrighty. Thanks for the info. I will have to raise the car. (Actually saves me a bit of rework.) What would you say is the best range for ride height on performance?
    Nobody would recertify these machines after somebody screwed with them without any visibility into what they did.

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    Keep your front LCAs horizontal. 12.5"-13" fender to center of wheel.

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