HAULN-SS Wrote:Hrmm so that looks like it's a semi-metallic. Going in that same vein - summit has a hawk rotor+hps combo for $320 for the front that seems like a decent deal to me. Would you say those pads might be similar?

HAULN-SS Wrote:So theoretically if I used at least some spacer all the way around, I could also use it to be an adapter to change the bolt pattern to 5x120 instead of 5x120.65 right? This greatly increases the number of wheel options if so.
Do you end up having to torque your spacers all the time or do they pretty much stay snug once you have them?

HAULN-SS Wrote:My photoshop hue/saturation skills aren't good enough. Can anyone take this photo and show me what it'd look like with a white car?

Quote:Raising the spindle raises the upper ball joint to a better location for better camber gain and helps raise the super lower roll center (which promotes lots of body roll). It also helps stabilize excessive lateral roll center migration (which in turn makes the car much more predictable). It raises the steering arms as well, in relation to the center link. This alters the bump steer. The trick is to use the right height to aid the suspension geometry while getting the steering geometry just right for correcting the factory bump steer (it works on this car because the outer tie rod ends need to go up relative to the center link. It doesn`t work on all cars). If we use too tall of a lower ball joint then we`d need to add a bump steer kit to move the outer tie rod end pickup points back down again. That`s okay but it`s more cost and complication. If we nail the right height (also the caster setting because caster alters steering arm height as well) then we don`t have to do any additional steering mods, it`s plug and play. This limits the height of the lower ball joint we can use though. This extra height is a help but it merely makes a very bad front end less bad. The next step is to use a taller upper ball joint as well. The upper has virtually no effect on bump steer (we compensate for what little is has) and it doesn`t effect the ride height of the car so we can go big. We designed the Xtall SevereDuty upper ball joints to do just that. The resulting geometry is now actually quite good even when compared to the best comparable brand new performance cars. You can see it, you can feel it. At this point we`ve reengineered the front suspension and steering to work correctly and the difference is fantastic. Once you have this solid foundation in place you can choose to either leave the rest of the car alone, tweak it just a little bit or go all out. The choice is yours but the results will be stacked in your favor.