Corner Balancing?
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Corner Balancing?
where can I get my car corner balanced & aligned? I usually go to pacific automotive performance for alignment but not sure if they corner balance as well. What's the cost?
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I think corner balancing first is better,seeing as you're adjusting your height on your car to even out the cross weights.
The height adjustment will change the geometry on the suspension,so you would probably need an alignment,I think.
I think Ryan @ Vakamon has scales,and then they can take your car to get aligned. Hope this helps,I really don't know if my statements are true though,but I think that's how I would do it.
The height adjustment will change the geometry on the suspension,so you would probably need an alignment,I think.
I think Ryan @ Vakamon has scales,and then they can take your car to get aligned. Hope this helps,I really don't know if my statements are true though,but I think that's how I would do it.
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LOL...ok. I thought that was correct as well but just want to make sure. I had many opportunities years back but didn't 
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jon..please post up your results when your done like where you got it done,what and how much..hehe...
i got my alignment done at island brake and alignment is aiea. i know they do custom settings however i just opted for the factory settings.
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i got my alignment done at island brake and alignment is aiea. i know they do custom settings however i just opted for the factory settings.
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Jon please keep me posted as well.. looking at getting corner balanced, due to the install of the coilovers and the weight reduction efforts I've accomplished so far.
im pretty sure pacific automotive does corner balancing as well as alignment, the last time i was there while getting an alignment, ken was telling me how he has a lot of subie guys comming to him to get corner balanced and alignment for auto crossing, hope this helps gl
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true. I think they rent Curtis Lee'e scales so I know that you need to call in advance to corner-weight.
Now, how I would do it is this:
Get your ride height to exactly where you want them to be using suspension pivot or chassis points as an accurate reference. Now get an alignment, then fix the corner weights. After you corner weigh the car, have them recheck the alignment. oh yeah, make sure that you disconnect the swaybars BEFORE you corner weigh the car!
Now, how I would do it is this:
Get your ride height to exactly where you want them to be using suspension pivot or chassis points as an accurate reference. Now get an alignment, then fix the corner weights. After you corner weigh the car, have them recheck the alignment. oh yeah, make sure that you disconnect the swaybars BEFORE you corner weigh the car!
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You don't want the sway bars on so that the corners are as independent as they can be w/o any "leverage" from the bars affecting weight distribution.
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When corner weighing, you're trying to get the weight at each contact point of the car (4 corners). The sway bars tie-in the driver's side wheel to the passenger side wheels thereby effectively increasing the side to side rate thus affecting weight distribution.
The best example of this is when car car with large sway bars actually lifts a tire in the air during hard cornering or coming off uneven pavement.
Usually, you just have to undue the endlinks.
The best example of this is when car car with large sway bars actually lifts a tire in the air during hard cornering or coming off uneven pavement.
Usually, you just have to undue the endlinks.
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with subarus to install you need to have load applied to have the rear sway bar installed... is this only for the rear or also for the front regarding the sway bar?
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The reason you install the sway bars with the weight of the car is to eliminate any binding/preload of the bar. Binding creates spring rate problems during setup so you want to eliminate that.
What you do is install the bar with the weight of the car and keep the attachment points loose. Drive the car back and forth on flat ground and then tighten endlinks and brackets, but not so tight that the bar cannot move through it's entire range of articulation.
What you do is install the bar with the weight of the car and keep the attachment points loose. Drive the car back and forth on flat ground and then tighten endlinks and brackets, but not so tight that the bar cannot move through it's entire range of articulation.