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CORNER-WEIGHTING

One of the main reasons many people fit coilovers is to have the ability to adjust the ride height of the car.

Simply lowering the ride height does have benefits, but height-adjustable coilovers also give you the ability to alter the way weight is balanced around the car.

The amount of load on any wheel and tyre greatly affects the way it generates grip; balancing the load between the tyres allows you to maximise the overall grip of the car.

Making these adjustments is otherwise known as corner-weighting.

FRONT TO BACK

In many applications you will look to achieve equal weight balance between the front and rear axles. In theory, this will lead to a more equal balance between understeer and oversteer. In most

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