Suspension Springs, struts, coilovers, sway-bars, camber plates, and all other modifications to suspension components for Clubman (R55), Cooper and Cooper S (R56), and Cabrio (R57) MINIs.

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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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NEED HELP !!!!!

hey there,
i could say that i am pretty dumb about car, i want to put the H&R springs into my R56, i heard my co-worker said, that when i lowered the car, i will need the camper kits, and re-align my car, and all of that good stuff.
can you guy give me a specific info about all the thing i need to do to lower my car?
thank you very muchhh
 
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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lowering your car will increase negative camber (so the wheels look like this /[]\ when if you can picture [] as the body of the car) and increase toe in, which promotes understeer. It would be a good idea to get an alignment afterwards if for nothing else than to reduce wear on your tires. Plenty of people lower their cars without camber kits; you should be fine especially with the modest drop that the H&Rs provide.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lttletimmy
lowering your car will increase negative camber (so the wheels look like this /[]\ when if you can picture [] as the body of the car) and increase toe in, which promotes understeer. It would be a good idea to get an alignment afterwards if for nothing else than to reduce wear on your tires. Plenty of people lower their cars without camber kits; you should be fine especially with the modest drop that the H&Rs provide.

without the camper kits? that would be nice i'm broke anyway ahhahah
thank you for the info
 
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Do have it aligned by a shop that understands fast cars though.
A little toe in up front, a little toe out in back. A little negative camber to hug the curves.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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To each his own, but i'd avoid toe out (or any toe at all) in the back as it will result in unpredictable handling, and go with a hair toe out on the front. If you're picky about that sort of thing that is
 
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