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i want pineapples but will it help minimise wheelspin, ive spoken to a couple of people and it dosent help minimise it? back to topic, my car isnt very low and by putting a pineapple im thinkin it would raise the car. i dont want it to look like a nissan patrol lol

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I didn't notice a difference in height when I got them put in my car, even if they did make a difference it would only be a few mm anyway, hardly noticeable. From my understanding they stiffen up the rear subframe, so if anything it will increase wheelspin because the whole back end is more rigid, but because of this helps to eliminate axle tramp and also gives you a better feeling rear end cos it's all a bit stiffer :D

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Very good question :thumbsup: yes (v.minimal) or no it depends on how they are installed. I prefer to use the pineapples over the metal type as it allows the drive angle to be changed to suit power, skill and tyre choice.... of course the better driver/drifter you are the more rear grip you need.... hence the invention of pineapples..unfortunately here in aus many use them incorrectly.

PINEAPPLES IF FITTED CORRECTLY WITH GIVE YOU MORE TRACTION.....NOT promote wheelspin as previously mentioned.

there are two types of pineapples too... the generic type or the super type (drift or drag only) the super have an addition 5mm drive offset over the std pineapples.

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Thinking about it a little, I dont think it would raise the car up anymore, but more lower the subframe more, so as far as suspension geometries are concerned, the car is lower, but without the roll centre dropping more. Reasoning for me is height is controlled by the spring, this is attached to the chassis and the outer of the LCA (effectively), so this determines the height, by adding pineapples, you're effectively spacing the subframe down further.

Just my thoughts while my mind is a jumble of other thoughts for exams...

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I've got no idea what pineapples look like or work, but when I switch out the fronts on my R32 GTR I get tramp. Love to get rid of this for some nice clean spinning. Please can i have Pineapple 101 from someone including pics?

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I've got no idea what pineapples look like or work, but when I switch out the fronts on my R32 GTR I get tramp. Love to get rid of this for some nice clean spinning. Please can i have Pineapple 101 from someone including pics?

Thanks.

These are my pineapples, before they were fitted. Not sure why they are called pineapples - i know they're yellow, but look more like donuts.

This is a Whiteline KCA349 SubFrame Alignment kit:

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And they can be installed differently, to give different handling characteristics:

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Only thing they raise is your exhaust system in the rear by amount a cm, i found out the hard way and melted a tiny bit off my rear bar from underneath lol. You can set them up for maximum traction or the opposite depending wether u move the rear of the subframe up or the front of the subframe up.

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