Question on bottoming out:
I was previous on Eibach springs with no issues on bottoming/scraping. It was perfect. Recently switched to MPP Sport coilovers and lowered the car about another inch (ground to fender about 26.5", with Eibachs it was 27 1/4") and I started bottoming (prolly twice now granted I had 4 people in the car each time lol so I dialed in the compression and rebound and it was better) and my Vorsteiner front lip broke on the highway when there was a slight uneven road dip lol and I've scratched the black rubber part by my side skirts . Could it be that the car is too low or could I avoid that by adjusting the dampers? Ideally what ratio should I have the rebound/compression to avoid bottoming out?
I had to raise it back to about 26 3/4"-7/8th but the cornering IS not the same, curious to hear about others experiencing or If I'm the one. I push the car a lot and notice the difference around 50-70+ mph at a corner, granted this time I don't have my front lip so maybe that could make a difference? But the thing is when I was on Eibachs I had the same front lip and it was higher but the handling and cornering was still good so I'm wondering if that front lips downforce could play that huge of a difference?
To those who track the car or driving hard, do you guys notice it corners differently when you slightly rise or lower it? My car went from 26.5" to 26 3/4-7/8" and I can't believe how different it is. The guy who raised it adjusted the height by turning the adjuster twice on all four corners.. How crucial is alignment if I turned it back 1 turn? I really want to lower it again to 26.5" cause the cornering on it was absolutely fantastic but not that practical as I usually have up to 3-4 people total in my car on the weekends.
Edit. If I were to lower it back to 26.5" and install my front lip again the ground clearance from bottom of the front lip (centre) to the floor would be about 4". I checked around with other cars especially the BMW M3/M4 guys that are lowered and have a lip and theirs are around 3"-3.5", Porsche GT3RS is 4", Mclaren 720s is around 4.2". But I don't hear much of them bottoming out, yes they do scrape here and there on the front though which is normal but at highspeeds on the highway their lips didn't break like mine so It must be suspension that I could dial in to not make the front dip as much? I know a lot of the guys that go to gold rush rally and other rallies have their cars really low too and they don't have much issues.
My side profile clearance is also about 4".
When it bottomed out while I was lowered I was 12/8 C/R front, 10/8 rear, then I changed it to the MPP less grip track setting and notice it was better. But now that my ride is higher, the less grip track setting doesn't feel as good. So now everything is 12/10 C/R front, 10/8 C/R rear and the cornering has more body roll. If I make the dampers tighter (lower number) the drive feels very disconnected.