front drop on H&R sports WAY too low

[irish44j]

If you run a set of G.C. Spec E30 adjustable camber/caster plates, you will end up about an inch lower than you should. They are just about an inch shorter in stack height than the stock strut mounts. I've been playing this game for a year and finally got a set of spacers made that will mount above the camber plates to lift the front end and fix the roll center. This isn't a quick and easy fix as I'll need to modify the adjustable camber plates with longer mounting studs.

I can't wait to get the spacers on the car. They should fix a whole slew of issues I've been trying to solve. Camber loss should be reduced, with less body roll, and it shouldn't blow through its limited travel as easily. The best thing will be that I won't drag the front of the car over every driveway ramp in town, and I'll be able to re-install my splitter without worrying about ripping the thing off every time I pull into a raised driveway.

Will

FYI, I decided to use 1" spring spacers from Jegs....they're pretty hefty pieces. I installed under the spring on the seat and the "stance" is perfectly even (measuring from the rockers, which are exactly the same height front and rear now.

No good pics of the car as a whole, but here are a few shots:

I also put some retaining tabs on the spring seat since this is a rallycross car and I need to make sure the springs stay where they need to stay (better safe than sorry)





as you can see, still have plenty of clearance under the M42 pan and skidplate :)





Fender height in front with the spacers is about 14.25" from the hub center..so it ended up being about a 1" drop up front instead of 2+" like it would be without the spacer.

YMMV