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YOUR RESEARCHC2 Cabrio corner balancing
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Replace by moving weight around in the car
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Don't get hung up on side to side and front to rear weight as that can only be changed by moving weight around in the car.
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Suggestion · Original poster
tks Slakker, I need to adjust the coilovers tonight / corner balance it and then take it for a wheel alignment and then balance it again which hopefully wont throw off the alignment
Leading evidence: 'Replace by moving weight around in the car' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'closer simulation than i'd like' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Adjust coilovers tonight / corner balance it' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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Suggestion · Original poster
tks Slakker, I need to adjust the coilovers tonight / corner balance it and then take it for a wheel alignment and then balance it again which hopefully wont throw off the alignment
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Suggestion
It's purpose is for adjusting end links on sway bars if you have adjustable ones, and setting weight bias if you have ballast you are moving around.
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It's probably a closer simulation than I'd like to admit.
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Adjust coilovers tonight / corner balance it
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Suggestion · Original poster
tks Slakker, I need to adjust the coilovers tonight / corner balance it and then take it for a wheel alignment and then balance it again which hopefully wont throw off the alignment
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Suggestion
Unless changing castor settings which you can't without different upper strut mount or thrust arm, any toe or camber alignment changes will have a minimal impact on corner balance.
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Unless changing castor settings which you can't without different upper strut mount or thrust arm, any toe or camber alignment changes will have a minimal impact on corner balance.
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Also, contrary to popular belief having weight in the driver's seat makes no difference on corner balance.
I am planning on corner balancing my car myself because there appears to be nobody in MI that does it
so I had to pony up and buy the system myself.
Does anyone have any records of what they were able to get ? I just installed the Bilstein coilovers and I dont have a clue what the corner balancing was prior to that. So I am just curious what I should be aiming for.
Cross weight percentage as close to 50% as possible. Raising one corner effects the corner across and the one on the diagonal. If you raise one side 1/4" and lower the across side 1/4", ride height (center) stays the same but corner weights change. I use dumbbells to simulate the driver. It's probably a closer simulation than I'd like to admit.
tks Slakker, I need to adjust the coilovers tonight / corner balance it and then take it for a wheel alignment and then balance it again which hopefully wont throw off the alignment
Agree. Unless changing castor settings which you can't without different upper strut mount or thrust arm, any toe or camber alignment changes will have a minimal impact on corner balance. Set your ride height to your liking first making sure you are within spec of the coilover. Just because there are threads available doesn't mean you're not outside the limits of the shock. It gives you a measurement range to be within. Then corner balance by lowering(extending) the diagonal corners that are too light until you are at 50% cross. Don't get hung up on side to side and front to rear weight as that can only be changed by moving weight around in the car. Focus only on the cross. The cross percentage the scale will give you represents the left rear and right front. If the percent is less than 50 you need to lower left rear and right front equal amount. If more than 50 raise the left rear and right front.
Ha! That was easy! Also, contrary to popular belief having weight in the driver's seat makes no difference on corner balance. It's purpose is for adjusting end links on sway bars if you have adjustable ones, and setting weight bias if you have ballast you are moving around. It also can make a very slight difference on alignment but really negligible.
OK I should probably rephrase before I start a controversial tangent to this thread. Because of binding in the suspension and standard of error with the scales you might see slight variance but that is insignificant. Corner balancing a car is like fixing a stool that wobbles due to uneven legs. Whether you are sitting on the stool or not makes no difference to whether you fixed the wobble or not.
