Lowering ride height , effect on toe

[tenkfeet]

What is the effect on toe of changing ride height ?

My front has too much toe out . I could do with lowering the front to 115mm just wondering if it will help before I go tweaking .

I am covering old ground again , should really write it down .

[robin]

I'm pretty sure that if you lower the ride height the car will toe out - at normal ride height the track rods run slightly uphill from the end of the rack to where the track rod balljoint goes through the steering arm. If you lower the car, the horizontal distance from the steering arm to the chassis will thus reduce and "pull" in the rear of the front wheels, thus making them toe out.

If the track rods are naturally hanging down at your current ride height, then the opposite would be true.

Cheers,
Robin

[tenkfeet]

Thank you Robin , as always .

My readings are inconsistant so need to get that fixed as I will be fitting a rear toe link kit . Will leave the ride height for now .