Raising the Ralliart

[Nosser]

Hi all,
I'm considering raising my Ralliart and was wondering if anyone here has ever tried or can offer any input. I know that Evo suspension will bolt on in front, but not in the rear. Anyone know if just the springs are interchangeable? Given the extra weight of the Evo I'm thinking a set of stock Evo springs on my stock RA struts would give a reasonable lift while using relatively inexpensive stock Mitsu parts.

On similar note, if I raise I'll also probably want to go to 15" wheels to get a bit more sidewall - can anyone confirm 15s will clear the stock RA brakes?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. For anyone wondering why I would want to do this - I enjoy my RA but would like more clearance and a different look - It's a sportback so think mini war-wagon/ute.

[Lancerguy'03]

confused........

[02-Lancer-Es]

I think he want to have some off road fun
Have you tried coilovers? They go higher as much as they lower.

[otter]

Originally Posted by Nosser

Hi all,
I'm considering raising my Ralliart and was wondering if anyone here has ever tried or can offer any input. I know that Evo suspension will bolt on in front, but not in the rear. Anyone know if just the springs are interchangeable? Given the extra weight of the Evo I'm thinking a set of stock Evo springs on my stock RA struts would give a reasonable lift while using relatively inexpensive stock Mitsu parts.

On similar note, if I raise I'll also probably want to go to 15" wheels to get a bit more sidewall - can anyone confirm 15s will clear the stock RA brakes?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. For anyone wondering why I would want to do this - I enjoy my RA but would like more clearance and a different look - It's a sportback so think mini war-wagon/ute.

Best way to raise it would be to get fully adjustable coilovers. You're not going to get much lift, because the suspension geometry won't allow it, but you could get a bit.

[Nosser]

I'm not looking for a lot of lift, maybe 2" total. I'm assuming that I should currently have a decent amount of droop travel at the moment as my stock RA is at least an inch lower than an ES/DE, which itself has 4-5 inches of droop. A total of 2" raise would be 1" above ES/DE height and still leave me 3-4 inches of remaining droop travel.

I'd like to avoid coilovers as I am not looking for super high damping or spring rates, if I could keep my current damping and spring rates and gain the ride height that would be great. I'd also like to keep OEM durability if at all possible - aftermarket stuff just doesn't last unless you go pretty high end (sometimes even if you do) and I'm not too keen on spending two grand on suspension for a $3500 car.

For those who don't get it - I drive complete ****e roads all the time - slowing down to a crawl every time I go through an intersection isn't fun, so I'd like more travel and perhaps some additional give running 60 series tires on 15s. Yes, I understand that I will be trading at the limit grip and initial response, but in reality 99% of the time the additional travel/damping will be worth far more to me. I'll still be running relatively high rates and keeping the RA bars so it's not like it will become a wallowing pig.

[RalliDew]

15"s will clear stock calipers. and maby you could stick the spring corkscrews in the stock springs to get it to not compress as much like on a truck but other thank goin with a coil over i think youll almost be SOL.

[otter]

Originally Posted by Nosser

I'm not looking for a lot of lift, maybe 2" total. I'm assuming that I should currently have a decent amount of droop travel at the moment as my stock RA is at least an inch lower than an ES/DE, which itself has 4-5 inches of droop. A total of 2" raise would be 1" above ES/DE height and still leave me 3-4 inches of remaining droop travel.

I'd like to avoid coilovers as I am not looking for super high damping or spring rates, if I could keep my current damping and spring rates and gain the ride height that would be great. I'd also like to keep OEM durability if at all possible - aftermarket stuff just doesn't last unless you go pretty high end (sometimes even if you do) and I'm not too keen on spending two grand on suspension for a $3500 car.

For those who don't get it - I drive complete ****e roads all the time - slowing down to a crawl every time I go through an intersection isn't fun, so I'd like more travel and perhaps some additional give running 60 series tires on 15s. Yes, I understand that I will be trading at the limit grip and initial response, but in reality 99% of the time the additional travel/damping will be worth far more to me. I'll still be running relatively high rates and keeping the RA bars so it's not like it will become a wallowing pig.

That's why I'm saying get coilovers that are fully adjustable. You can adjust the damping rate as well as the spring preload. Just because they're coilovers doesn't mean they're stiff.

[snakoil]

I have 15" on my RA for winter and it fits, barely but it fits