pstoppani

Here are some before and after pics (note that in the after pics I also have 7mm spacers to increase the track; looks like the front could use 15mm).

Before:



After:

earlyapex

Pete,

Your car looks great! I have the same wheels with Michelin PSC's mounted for track use. What did you do with your original set of wheels? I had to use 7mm spacers up front to clear the spring perches of the Bilstein PSS9's.

Elton in SoCal

The spacers definitely help.

So did you just swap springs, or did you get change everything? And I have to ask, how is the ride?

pstoppani

I kept my stock wheels for daily driving; the BBS wheels are for track only and have Corsas on them.

I swapped springs and struts; the sways are the same between US and RoW.

Rides great! I only drove it a bit so far so I can't really say that I noticed a difference; maybe I have a dull butt dyno. However, I'm more interested in how it does at the track than I am around town. The track is the reason I did the struts too; for a car that never sees track time you can just replace the springs. The RoW struts setup the car's balance more to oversteer from the US struts; the spring rates are essentially the same.

I definitely like the way it looks.

Note that I did the spacers purely for track performance; they were not needed to clear anything on the RoW setup.

Can't wait to see how it handles at Portland International Raceway this Friday!

earlyapex

The spacers really helped to eliminate the understeer on the track. I'm not sure if they will cause premature suspension wear. Your opinion?

pstoppani

I don't really know what effect this has on suspension wear, but if it causes it to wear out faster than normal, I'm happy to fix it