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SUSPENSION TUNING - QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

The methods of correction of understeer or oversteer in most passenger vehicles for road use with road legal wheels and tyres and is designed purely as a general guide only.

Component	To Reduce Oversteer	To Reduce Understeer
ALIGNMENT ANGLES Front Camber Front Caster Rear Camber	More positive Less positive More negative	More negative More positive Less negative
ROLL CENTRE (Height) Front Rear	Raise Lower	Lower Raise
SPRINGS Front Rate Rear Rate	Harder Softer*	Softer* Harder
TYRES Front Pressure Front Foot Print (Tyre Size) Rear Pressure Rear Foot Print (Tyre Size)	Reduce Reduce Increase Increase	Increase Increase Reduce Reduce
VEHICLE TRACK WIDTH Front Track Rear Track	Reduce Increase	Increase Reduce

* Excessively reducing Sway Bar or Spring Rates will change the foot print of the tyre, resulting in the worsening of the original problem.

Reproduced courtesy of Wholesale Suspension Components

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