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Old 10-09-2010, 01:16 PM   #1
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Rear suspension problem and the ROW M030 European suspension as a solution

I was wondering for everyone that has the ROW M030 suspension installed, does anyone have a before and after fender height measurement and pics?

Before I bought my 30 S, I knew it was in a rear end collision about 2 yrs prior, but I didn't know what the extent of damage really was (carfax sucks). Being that the previous owner drove it for another 2 years and over 20,000mi, i figured it wasn't too serious. When I went in for an alignment after I bought it, they said I have something going on in my rear suspension that is causing the toe to go out when they adjust the camber. Basically, the shop couldn't adjust the camber any less than -1.5 degrees on the rear passenger side or the toe starts going out. They also said after looking at everything that they suspect the shock could be bent slightly causing the problem. I know that the camber and toe are "married" so to speak because the boxster doesn't have adjustable toe control arms, but I should be able to get more than -1.5 degrees if I wanted without the toe going out. So instead of buying 2 new rear shocks, which would be about half the cost of the ROW kit, I was thinking of upgrading the whole suspension and hopefully getting a little bit of a drop out of it.

Either way, I know that from everything that I have read, the ROW kit would be an excellent upgrade, but I wanted to know how much drop it actually gives. Everything i have read says 20mm up front and 10mm in the rear, but with such a slight drop, is it really noticeable?

Also, does anyone else have any other ideas about what could be causing the camber and toe adjustment problem?
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