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Trailbraker · 06-03-2008

Apparently the relative roll centre heights for front and rear axles affect balance significantly so I guess this would at least partly explain what you saw.

RE the bumpstops - The joys of the standard dampers - eh!

Originally Posted by Chris155

The thing is..... Whilst I raised the front ride height in comparison to the rear I actually dropped the car 10mm. It was a PITA on the road. I think I had it too low as it was hitting the bump stops all the time.

I then raised it 20mm so its now comparable in terms of ride height with a friends car on Konis.

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Trailbraker AO Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ireland Posts: 4,788 Member car: 156 GTA	Re: 156 GTA rear roll bar on 2.5 V6 Apparently the relative roll centre heights for front and rear axles affect balance significantly so I guess this would at least partly explain what you saw. RE the bumpstops - The joys of the standard dampers - eh! Originally Posted by Chris155 The thing is..... Whilst I raised the front ride height in comparison to the rear I actually dropped the car 10mm. It was a PITA on the road. I think I had it too low as it was hitting the bump stops all the time. I then raised it 20mm so its now comparable in terms of ride height with a friends car on Konis.