For those of you who were at the bees tonight...

[DoughtCom]

And for those who want to know an odd fact about Evo IX's.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r161/Texas_Caliber/3-72.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/foto/08/lancermr06_08.jpg

The rear does appear to be lower than the front in stock form, almost all images I find online show this stance, kind of weird. However quick searching hasn't turned up why they're like that other than the possible obvious?

[Kracka]

Silly Mitsubishi. Oh well, drop it down!

[Swifty1638]

I assume you mean the fender cut-outs for the wheels? I actually think most all cars are that way, since the front wheels need more room for turning, when going into a corner, the suspension moves a bit, and since the profile of the tire is different when the wheel is turned, you'd need more room up front. That's the best concept I come up with.

-A. Swift

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

All evo's are like that stock. i'm sure it's something to do with the handling of the car. the wierd thing is that the springs made for it lower it to the right stance almost like mitsu did fuck up on something. odd. . . . . . but i bet someone had a reason for it. Crazy japanese.

[Matt D.]

All evo's are like that stock. i'm sure it's something to do with the handling of the car. the wierd thing is that the springs made for it lower it to the right stance almost like mitsu did fuck up on something. odd. . . . . . but i bet someone had a reason for it. Crazy japanese.
I blame Jackie Chan.

[FattyBoomBatty]

I blame Jackie Chan.

He was only responsible for the starquests. Anyway, BMW and almost every other "wedge" shaped car has that feature. My conquest had it.

The rear wheel wells are always cut shallower than the front.

[A//// Guy]

Yea my M3 appears to sit lower in the rear also, but its because the front fenders dont drop down as much. Not sure why they do this.

I figured you had stock springs, it would have rode alot harsher if it were dropped.

[scheides]

Yea, they all do sit low in the back, but when we were looking at it last night it looked excessively low..like I could stick my hand sideways on top of his front tire to measure fender gap...all four fingers fit fine. Measuring the back, there was zero room for any fingers to go in there. The top of the tire was very close to the top of the fender. My car is similar, but not this extreme:
http://www.scheides.com/albums/evo8/DSC00530.sized.jpg
Notice how you can still see a bit of space between the tire and the fender. His MR was not the case.

Nice looking ride though!

[Jakey]

My GTP is like that as well.

[Kracka]

I figured you had stock springs, it would have rode alot harsher if it were dropped.

Not sure how it is with EVO's, but I know in S2Kland a lot of aftermarket springs actually ride softer than the factory springs.