Hey everyone,
I seem to be getting mixed information on what exactly droop and/or downstop settings are and would love for someone to clarify.
Going by the Hudy manual, I follow the usual setup procedure and set my 'downstops' (at 6mm front, 5mm rear), then my 'ride height' (at 5mm front, 5.2mm rear).
So my understanding of the 'downstops' setting in terms of the hudy setup blocks/downstop guage, is that the reading is 6mm (or 5mm) above the bottom of the chassis. Correct?
So moving on, is this also the setting you use for 'droop' when you go to set it (6mm and 5mm)? Here is where I get confused, because I've heard two things:
1) Your downstop setting is your droop (huh?)
2) I run X mm (the example I hear most often is 3mm front and 2mm rear) above ride height as my droop.
I don't even understand route 1, but it seems real common. Are they saying that they allow the car to travel 6mm (front) and 5mm (rear) before the tires leave the ground?
As far as the second goes - I tried the 'trick' that some people told me on how to set this up - and that is simply put the car up on blocks at the height you want your 'droop' to be. The recommended was 3mm over ride height in the front, so I put the front of the car up on the 8mm step on my guage and adjusted the downstops until the tires were just touching. Did the same for the rear, but at 7.5mm.
Well, as some of you will probably figure out, this limits the travel and changes my ride height. So I'm either doing something wrong, I misunderstood, or the method is flawed.
I would really appreciate if someone could clear this up for me, and give me recommended settings to start at.
Thanks!
Luke
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