Will Lowering Your Car Automatically Make It Handle Better? HD

A lot of performance-minded folks lower their vehicle’s suspension ride height with the hopes that it will improve its handling. But simply lowering your car doesn’t always deliver the better cornering and road-hugging capability that you’re looking for. In fact, in certain scenarios, lowering your car can actually make it handle worse. Our tech department gets a lot of questions about suspension tuning from our customers, so we created this handy 101-style video to show you some things to consider before lowering your car, truck, or SUV to improve its handling. We’ll discuss key topics like body roll, center of gravity, and more, and talk about how suspension components like aftermarket sway bars, coilover shocks, and control arms can help improve handling. Give it a watch—hopefully it’ll give you a good idea of what’s involved to make your car’s suspension perform the way you want it to. And when you’re ready to start upgrading your vehicle’s suspension, we’ve got the performance parts to help you do it: https://www.summitracing.com/search/department/chassis-suspension