Extended ball joints for lowered suspension?

[stiglet]

No pics just yet. Will have to get everything aligned. I think the camber is ok, tracking needs sorting definately. Everything else is at it was

[stiglet]

So after a few minor adjustments, all seems to work fine now

No scraping on hard cornering. Haven't had a chance to properly chuck it around but it does seem to feel more planted on the front. Will go for a proper drive at some point and see.

[Rusty]

Careful now

[Skull]

how far is the wishbone from the ground now?

[stiglet]

Not sure how far from the ground, but before they were just beyond horizontal pointing up towards the wheel. Now they are back past horizontal the other way so pointing down towards the wheel.... if that makes sense

They are pretty much back in stock position.

After a little drive around tonight, there is definately more grip on the front. The back end is much easier to kick out slightly just by flicking it into roundabouts, so a definate change I think I just need to rethink my ARB balance now. Plus this is all before I've had a chance a get it all realigned.


There is still some very slight scraping on the disk on really hard cornering which is f*cking annoying and I guess the only option would be to find some discs with a smaller hat height. I may have found some in stock diamter to use on the standard G60 calipers, but if I wanted to go bigger brakes a 2-piece is the way to go with a custom hat. Only solution I can think of.


But what the hell I'm happy so it'll do for now

[Acidburn]

Glad to hear it, whens the next track day to try them out

[stiglet]

Bedford... maybe....

[Acidburn]

When is that as might try to get along to it, not far from me

[stiglet]

Haven't decided which date but wanna try it. I'll give you a buzz sometime.

[meep]

Any more info in this one have you tracked it yet stiglet?

[stiglet]

Not tracked yet, I won't be for a little while. Got lots of work to do and little money!

Just from driving it on the road it does feel better, seems to roll less and just generally feels planted. Still getting a little bit of scraping on really tight turning, like turning into my driveway, no matter how slowly I go so I think the disc is hitting the bal joint as it swings round. On hard cornering it's ok though.

Will have to wait and see what it's like on track but i'm pretty confident it'll be ok.

[stiglet]

Now that i've tracked with these on I can say for sure that they do work, they can cope with some abuse, and the car is better handling. Will get some pics through in the next few days so I can compare how the camber changes. Butt feeling says there is less body roll, and less understeer. So all good

[lind4hl]

i am seriously intrested in these, do they still scratch on the brakedisc?

[stiglet]

It's no longer scraping but i'm using old discs with old balljoints which are slightly smaller. It's a bit of a bodge really, and I'm not happy with the setup as is but if anybody can think of a way to get around the problem let me know cos i'm all out of ideas!

[lind4hl]

cant you mill down the outer diameter some mm on the balljoint? :Thumbs:

what cost 2 of these? i might buy and try on my rs2.. (thicker disc huh? 32mm)