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Suspension (Moved to Performance Forum)Lowered Springs? Alignment / Ca

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Old Sep 9, 2003 | 03:53 PM
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Calling all MINI owners with lowered springs.

Did you have any problems with the camber and or allignment?

I want to get some springs, but I thought I read somewhere that the
camber would forever be messed up without a good amount of $$$ to correct it.

This can't be true.....can it?

And what size rims and tires are safe when lowering the MINI?

I want to go with 215s on 17"x7.5" rims
over a 205 on a 7"x 17" wheel.
But I guess either will do.

Thanks in advance.

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Old Sep 9, 2003 | 04:41 PM
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I've heard differing opinions on this. Usually the fix is rear control arms, but I've also heard that it actually gets the rear camber into a more favorable position than stock, so no need to adjust...

Frankly, I think that this should be moved to the Performance Mods forum for more responses.
 
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