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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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Hi, i have whiteline 24mm rear/22mm front ARB's, alloy rear drop links, ball joint standard front and sti 6 springs/dampers all round, running Yokohama parada spec II tyres.
The problem is the car doesn't feel very stable in corners. It whole car seems to slide sideways far too easily. It's worse in the wet, but not great in the dry either.
I have the front arb on hard, the rear on mid. Also had a full geo setup at ZEN.
Any ideas? What settings do you use running similar?
Would dropping the ride height a bit help?

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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:28 PM
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Rear out or all out slide ?
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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Hi, do you know what your settings are at the moment on the arb`s ?
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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Has it been doing this since Zen set it up for you, or only more recently. I would give Paul a call a chat with him about it.

I have the same ARB setup as you (although with exe-tc coilovers) and the car feels completely neutral in a corner and takes some serious provocation and fiddling with the DCCD to get the tail out.
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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I have 22Front on soft and 24Rear on middle, feels bang on.

Need to flick the wheel to get rear end out, easy if you want but not if you are smooth

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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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IMHO, I would try them set at soft both ends for a while.

What tyres and pressures ?

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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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I have just put the rear to the soft setting, as it's more of a rear slide, will try it later tonight see how it feels. I'll soften the front after a hole at a time, give every setting a go.
As for tyre pressures, i don't even know! I just got them fitted and forgot about them. The Parada's are a good tyre. I did notice an improvement after the geo setup. Maybe I'm expecting too much as the accelerations mental, just trying to get the handling as good!
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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what did u have the geo set to mate
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Old Apr 29, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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Wow!
I've been for a long drive tonight, and after setting the rear arb to soft it's much better, for my driving style anyway!
The car gives me much more confidence now, sliding is way down. I never knew one hole could make so much difference!
I'm not sure what settings i have for the geo, just told them i didn't drive the car much, so tyre ware wasn't an issue, and wanted the best i could get. One thing i will say, Zen aren't very good at telling you what their doing, very quiet people.
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Old May 1, 2009 | 12:02 AM
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Years of development work....

Then we blab it all over S'net....

No-LOL

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P.S. Glad you are happy now !
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