lowering only the front

[g_sasha]

Hallo,
I was wondering, how would lowering just the front, by an inch or so, will effect the cars steeringacclerationbraking...bla bla bla???

thanks

[pare_john]

Yopur handling will be sh!t since the front and back will have different characteristics

[beppomarx]

ok look up 'caster' (or castor??) and see what you can find for a better definition but i will try...

ok if you look at say a motorcycle you will notice that the shocks are not 100% vertical, they lean backward so that when you are moving forward and hit a bump the wheel not only bumps upward, but gets pushed back ward a little too so it can get up and over the bump. helps quite a bit to have caster in your front wheels. our hyundais come with ZERO degrees of caster. that means that if you lower your front end your shocks are no longer pointing straigh up and down but the shocks along with your whole car are leaning forward. so when you hit a bump the wheels not only travel upward ut FORWARD as well. this makes bumps feel much harder as the shock doesnt absorb the bump in a head-on fashion, and the A-arm has to absorb the shock of it and sends it through the chassis. trust john and i when we say that it will NOT be good for your handling, i have tried it as well. it makes everything bouncier and really sucky.

thsi is why you will see older camaros and souped up muscle cars with a loow rear end and stock height front end to try and gain soem caster in the suspension movement. so the bottom of the wheel's travel line is actually pointing towards the front more and bumps are absorbed much easier.

[elantrax]

ha i got my car lowerd in the front and not the rear cause im waiting on my rear sway bar to come so right now i got H&R 1.6 lower in the front with stock wheels and the rear stock height it looks kinda of badass hhaha. steering off a tiny bit nothing major though and i dont notice one difference in handling other then these stupid stock michelin tires that squeel at 15mph around a turn.