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Definitely good points, I am no expert in vehicle dynamics, that is for sure.I was under the impression that for something with a fair amount of travel you’d actually want the bar slightly below level so that normal compression during driving still keeps it close to level, vs all compression movement being in the direction of the arc.. and more importantly, the further from horizontal we get the rate of lateral displacement increases dramatically.
Also this allows for things to be loaded into the vehicle and not pull us above vertical. I get that level is “ideal” but there are always compromises in the real world.
Now if we are talking a track car with stiff suspension, yeah, level. But Toyota’s decision to have it angled at stock ride height wasn’t on accident, this bracket simply allows us to easily reset some geometry back closer to stock in spite of additional ride height.
My thoughts are that there is less compression travel than droop (or extension) travel from static ride height.
I started to down a rabbit hole with roll-center, etc. To understand in detail, becomes very complicated. If I have time, I may investigate more before I order a riser bracket.