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Old 10 March 2024, 09:30 AM
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It would seem there made down to a price rather than quality. Anyway car is going to go back to the chap who built engine and he’s going to service it , balance and check wheels for trueness , then do a laser alignment and geometry set up for me. He also said he doesn’t use any whiteline stuff anymore as it’s become unreliable
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Originally Posted by 4evascoob
I would t imagine it would help tho having one side disconnected? Struggling to find the original part now. Might have to call local dealer. !!
roll bars do exactly what it states on the tin, you thought it may have caused some 'tracking issues' but it can't as tracking and Geo set-up are totally independent of the roll bars
it may well feel odd when cornering, etc but this is something totally different
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Originally Posted by stockcar
roll bars do exactly what it states on the tin, you thought it may have caused some 'tracking issues' but it can't as tracking and Geo set-up are totally independent of the roll bars
it may well feel odd when cornering, etc but this is something totally different
what would cause the rear passenger wheel to have a huge camber ? It was about 1/4 - nearly 1/2 an inch off straight. Bottom of wheel was leaning out. ?
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can't recall age of your car but generally speaking they have no factory rear camber adjustment as std (only tracking) so its either a bent hub // damage or its had rear camber bolts incorrecty fitted / adjusted??
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12mm out at the bottom, and assuming a 600mm wheel diameter, is only 1.15 degrees
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Originally Posted by stockcar
can't recall age of your car but generally speaking they have no factory rear camber adjustment as std (only tracking) so its either a bent hub // damage or its had rear camber bolts incorrecty fitted / adjusted??
It’s a 2016 sti.
have never touched suspension itself only arb and links. Like I’ve said previous I do live down a rough track although car isn’t used much it does have to go up and down it. Car has only done 51,000. Missus drives it quite a bit and there are some serious potholes on the A and B roads around us. I’m **** about avoiding them but couldn’t say about her ! lol
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Originally Posted by Henrik
12mm out at the bottom, and assuming a 600mm wheel diameter, is only 1.15 degrees
Im trying to recall the reading on the screen but yes when put in degrees it wasn’t a lot only noticed when technician pulled the device away and said this is where wheel should be it looked bad !
I think it was +\- 3.7 degrees and the opposite wheel was +\- 1.8 there was a difference I remember that. The fronts were ok on camber but were both facing to the right slightly. Which doesn’t explain car pulling to left !
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that doesn't sound good, no
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