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Originally Posted by epdarks
Bouncyness... None. Truck is very planted, especially at higher speeds on a smooth road.
I will say the drop is perfect, from a ride height standpoint.
I don't have my camber specs, the previous owner told me he aligned it as close to stock as he could. He said without the Dinan plates up front you will have alignment issues. I do not have any camber/toe adjustments in the rear. My tires are wearing a bit more on the inside edge because of it.
I should also mention the turn-in is incredible, overall handling is exceptional, only complaint is just slightly too stiff for my application.
I have no experience with the K-Mac parts, please post your findings.
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Sounds like the previous owner of that car was full of it. You won't have alignment issues without the Dinan plates - you'll have a better alignment than stock (i.e. more negative camber - in stock form, the outside edge of the front tires wears like a bastard) which is good. Now, with the Dinan plates, you'll have even MORE negative camber (with a stock spring, the Dinan plates give you an additional 0.7 degrees of negative camber - with a drop, I'm betting you're getting a total of at least 1.0 degrees). Which is excellent considering the X5 has effectively zero camber in stock form. Basically, I'm saying that "getting it as close to stock as possible" doesn't tell you a damn thing. Furthermore, because you're getting at least another 1.0 degrees of negative camber, he couldn't have gotten it anywhere near stock spec.
I digress.
As for the rear, I'm not surprised you're getting more inner tire wear - I'm really going to have to address that with the K-Mac stuff.
Anyways, I hope I don't want to have to be the guinea pig here (and spend a shit ton of money for that purpose to boot).
Anyone have any experience with either the Bilstein/Eibach combo or KW setup or both?
09-22-2012, 09:11 PM
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