KK's Prius Lo-brid

[KKtrips]

6 minutes ago, cletus said:

what have you got the shock stiffness set at?

6 clicks up fron softest on the rear and 3 clicks up from softest on the front. (I think it is 16 clicks from softest to hardest on both ends)

[CaMpylobacter]

This is amaze 

[AllTorque]

Have you loosened the control arm bolts to relax the bushes at the new ride height? It can help with the pogoness.

[AllTorque]

Your alloys have hubcaps. They reduce drag (actually).

[KKtrips]

32 minutes ago, AllTorque said:

Have you loosened the control arm bolts to relax the bushes at the new ride height? It can help with the pogoness.

No I haven't. I shall do so when it is on the 4 poster next.

[Shakotom]

Shit yes

[Nominal]

Looks sweet.

[Bling]

Height looks fine to me. Good jerb, when do the new shoes go on / got specs?

[KKtrips]

Hopefully tomorrow. Rims are Advan RG's in 16x7 and tyres I'm anticipating will be 205-55-16s so should be same rolling circumference as factory tyres, maybe a teeny tiny bit bigger.

These are the new rims here.

[locost_bryan]

On 17/01/2019 at 20:04, Evan said:

Like a tiptronic gearstick where you'd expect that pulling it back (like in a sequential box) would go up a gear but instead it changes down

My Mazda6 had it the other way round, far more logical.  Mitsi forums had a simple trick to fix it - swap around the micro-switches and the +/- labels.

[Truenotch]

Re: pogo-ness

You might find that adding a number of extra clicks of stiffness will fix the bouncing. If the springs are stiff then the shock will struggle to control the spring at low levels. 

I’d suggest starting at 1/2 way (8 clicks) in the front and rear and see how it feels. I remember Richy’s Torneo was set really firm (also had very stiff springs) and it rode like a dream.

[KKtrips]

Fitted wheels and tyres today. But the wheels rub marginally on the callipers on both left hand side wheels. It is literally a zig-zag paper thickness clearance. So am ordering a set of 5mm spacers and will be good to go.

It'll sit a little lower after I roll it back and forth a couple of times but this is a good idea of how it will look for now.

 

[cletus]

5mm spacer + toyota= probably need longer wheel studs 

Or possibly 

 

[cletus]

Do the spokes rub on the caliper itself, or the pad carrier part?

[Mof]

Skim a little off the calipers? 

[Vintage Grumble]

The callipers will expand a bit under heavier braking I'd say, so will have to use spacers I'd imagine?

Happened with my Corolla, sweet as until I braked hard, then calliper hit wheel. I machined a tiny amount off my rims to sort it.

[KKtrips]

On 02/02/2019 at 20:41, cletus said:

Do the spokes rub on the caliper itself, or the pad carrier part?

Spokes rub on the outside of the mount, not the caliper. Also I've checked the studs, there is at least 10 turns. 1.5mm pitch into 5mm spacers will drop that down to 7ish turns.

Alternatively I could space the caliper inboard about 3mm with a thick washer behind each mount bolt but it's not really the right way to do it. *waits for you to tell me its a legit way to fix it* 

[Steelies]

any problem can be legitimately solved with slotting holes or adding washers.

[63Ragtop]

Just take it for a good hoon, shit will self clearance.

[azzurro]

Id take a ride in that fake taxi. 5 stars.

Proves that anything can look cool with the right rims and some lows