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 Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 04:40
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I installed some kmac adjustable strut tops and some roll center adjusters in my ta22 today and now my ride hieght is 2-3 centermeter higher at the fornt, it has a stance now, what could have caused this???
Thanks guys
Jason
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 04:57
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Definately not the RCA's.. Would have to be the strut tops.
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Wed, 09 March 2005 05:00
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solution? longer control arms 
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 05:31
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Or lower springs
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 05:50
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| ae86slaver wrote on Wed, 09 March 2005 16:00 |
solution? longer control arms
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Is that a solution to a higher ride height?
More like a solution to positive camber that may (or may not) have been caused as a result of higher ride height. (I just wanted to use that smiley as I have never used it before)
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 09:21
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LOL
well it'd be a two in one hit installing longer control arms, cuz you'd be getting some negative camber, and it would drop the ride height due to the strut angles being pushed outward.
Mine dropped on it's tits, plus i added RCA's, and got negative camber as well, what a package - for the low price of $30
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NSW, East Coast
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July 2003
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 10:03
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| ae86slaver wrote on Wed, 09 March 2005 20:21 |
LOL
well it'd be a two in one hit installing longer control arms, cuz you'd be getting some negative camber, and it would drop the ride height due to the strut angles being pushed outward.
Mine dropped on it's tits, plus i added RCA's, and got negative camber as well, what a package - for the low price of $30
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What control arms are you using Des.
Cheers
Steve
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 22:29
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Mistubishi Sigma GH
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 22:36
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RCA's raised my ride height also.
strange phenomenon!
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Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 22:50
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R aising C ar A e86drift lol
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 23:20
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| ae86drift wrote on Thu, 10 March 2005 09:36 |
RCA's raised my ride height also.
strange phenomenon!
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certainly... especially when you consider the RCA is not involved in ride height.
ride height is controlled by the distance between stub axle and contact point of strut top with body.
if the lower arms are angled so much that RCA's affect the ride height... well.... 
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Wed, 09 March 2005 23:53
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Well what do you guys things i shoudl do because my car is looking like a rocket about to take off.
Remove RCA's and see if i get a drop, or get different spring or springs reset.
Jason
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Thu, 10 March 2005 02:02
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| ta2272 wrote on Thu, 10 March 2005 10:53 |
Well what do you guys things i shoudl do because my car is looking like a rocket about to take off.
Remove RCA's and see if i get a drop, or get different spring or springs reset.
Jason
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start by measuring the distance from the top of spring to top of surut top plate (where it contacts the body) on both the new and old strut tops.
then get shorter springs.
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Thu, 10 March 2005 02:34
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| ae86drift wrote on Thu, 10 March 2005 09:06 |
RCA's raised my ride height also.
strange phenomenon!
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lay off the happy drugs garth
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Thu, 10 March 2005 03:47
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Ok just got it back from bridgstone they were unable to adjust the camber at all. i have neutral camber 0 and the car is handling like a piece of shit.
The car has ra40 struts. chopped i guess, what shoudl i consider doing.
Anyone had any experience with ta22 and strut tops, is there no space in the tower for the struts to move.?
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Thu, 10 March 2005 03:56
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Thats correct.. I had the same problem with mine.
Do you have coilovers? As coilover springs give you a lot more room for bringing the strut top in for neg camber.
Also im not sure about kmac tops but noltec, the plate is HUGE that moves around for adjusting the top of the strut. I shaved heaps of metal off mine so I could dial in more negative camber.
But all in all with 35mm rca's, noltec strut tops, coilovers, i could only get around .5 degree negative camber.
I increased the track (not recommending this just saying what I did) 20mm and that gave around 2 degrees negative camber.
Now I just use the strut tops for fine tuning.
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Thu, 10 March 2005 04:24
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better yet, ditch the RA40/60 struts they are peices of junk!
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Thu, 10 March 2005 04:26
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RA40 stub axle angle is different is it simon? (i wouldn't know as not using ra40 struts)
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August 2002
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Re: Strut tops and RCA'S Raised my ride hieght
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Fri, 11 March 2005 02:02
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RCA's will change the camber and ride height slightly as it increases the control arm angle and pulls the strut in closer to the centreline of the car. Having said that the change in height would be very small.
Adding strut tops changes the top mount of the strut and depending on the configuration could potentially change the height significantly. I would look there before accusing the RCA's of causing your problem.
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