car handles like crap

[Ivan141]

Because of the construction of the rear axle linkage, one of the 5 bars holding the axle in place controls the lateral movement (left-right), that bar is called the lateral or panhard rod. It has a fixed length on the ae86, which means that when you lower the car, you decrease the angle of the bar, causing the end of the bar to move to the side a bit. Think of it as the hands on a clock, normal position would be 4 o clock, when lowered it would be 3 o clock, thus sitting more to the side.
You can buy adjustable panhard rods to correct for this effect.
I dont think it matters that much at 30-40mm lowering though.
I would start out with replacing worn components and an alignment, then
start looking for RCA's. Maybe we can start up a group buy thing for custom made RCA's like the ones Zax has. Not this month though..I'm out of cash. RCA's dont change the alignment of the car (as long as theyre not the negative camber type ones) so you wont be wasting money doing an alignment after you freshen up you suspension.