I have lowered my car and notice uneven tire wear on the inside of my tires.  How can I fix this?

What you are experiencing is a reduction of camber that is built into the car.  The picture will show you exactly how camber works.  When you lower your car you introduce additional negative camber and thus your wheels tilt in.  This causes uneven wear of the tires.  To fix this there are two kits available, adjustable camber arms and adjustable camber bushings.  Both kits offer enough adjustability to alleviate the problem, with the arms adding a touch of "bling" to your suspension. 

For racing applications neutral camber may not be desired depending on over/under steer requirements.  Please call us for help on your suspension set up.

TVT Design Mercedes/Crossfire Camber Arms

My car is lowered and while the handling is better, I still get uneven body roll.  How can I overcome this? (also works on non-lowered cars)

Body roll is controlled by the sway bar or stabilizer bar (same thing different name).  Basically a sway bar works by tying the two sides of the car together.  What that means is that if the left rear is compressing then it will also compress the right rear side as well to keep things more stable.  When compression is done unequally, you get roll. 

When you lower your car you are changing the angle at which the sway bar is connected to the control arm.  This shifts the sway bar to produce pre-load on the suspension and can cause a "bind up" when taking turns too fast.  To over come this we offer adjustable sway bar end links that allow you to adjust the attachment height and dial in the stiffness.

These links are also useful on non-lowered cars that are not looking to add a larger sway bar, but want some additional anti-roll.  By stiffening up one side you will achieve the perfect balance for your particular car and application.

My car is modded with every bolt on imaginable and still I can't go any faster.  What can I do to improve my car's performance?

One of the most important and often overlooked aspects to a car's performance is weight, both sprung and unsprung.  Sprung weight is everything supported by the springs (engine, body, trans, etc.).  Unsprung weight is everything not eupported by the springs (brakes, wheels, 1/3 of the control arms, etc.).   While reducing any weight is a good thing, reducing unsprung and more importantly rotational weight is HUGE!

The old saying goes that for every 1 lbs of rotational weight you reduce you will equal the loss of 10 lbs non-rotational weight and a 10 lbs weight savings is like 1HP.  So where can you lose the most weight without going to exotic parts and remortgaging your house?  Wheels and tires.  There are numerous lightweight wheels out there that can save anywhere from 10-20 lbs per wheel off the stock weights.  Add to that some lightweight sticky tires and you have close to 100 lbs weight savings in rotational mass.  Of course as more weight is trimmed the formula tends to get skewed, but you deffinately notice a difference.

Lighter parts will allow for better handling, less wear on drive train, brake, and suspension parts, improved stopping distances, faster track times, and of course better gas mileage. 

So the next time you are debating over those 20" chrome "Blingster" wheels are that set of 18" OZ superleggeras, think about what you are using the car for and if you want to add or lose performance.