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elviscat
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Joined: 04 Nov 2004
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Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:45 pm |
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Hi peeps,
bit of advice needed, both my toyo's on the front of my 19 16v have been scrubbing for while now on the outside edges to the point of i'm seeing the begining of the white threads under the rubber, and quite an agressive angle has formed on both outside sides.
However i would have said that there is no way the tracking could be this much and in fact this is due to the suspension being f**ked, i.e. either the springs being warn 160K on the car, or the shocks are gone allowing the front to drop so much which it is low, so as to make the tyres scrub out like this.
also the car suspesion at front seems very bouncy if the camber of the road is up and down alot the handleing is almost out of control, what does this suggest?
can anyone shed any light on this prob??
ta |
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Chris H
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Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:10 pm |
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springs are probably fine shocks will be dead.
trackings probably out a lot more than you think.
Its meant to toe out as standard. |
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elviscat
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Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:32 pm |
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would dead shocks allow the car to drop to cause this amount of scrubbing ?
i.e. you can't fit old skool, (non laser) tracking things on as the top bits hit the arch |
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Chris H
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Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:42 pm |
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not really tbh, they will nto help with tyre wear though. They will induce a degree of excessive bump steer on undulatiosn and bumps but I would go with dodgy tracking. |
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elviscat
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Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:19 pm |
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else is there anything else that would make the front of the car drop, i.e forcing the camber out enough to cause this kind of wear u think ?
in past experience i had shocks go forcing the car up, a different car though? |
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Chris H
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:27 am |
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the bump steer on the cars is very low so tbh even at full droop or extension the toe angle will not be that far out. I have uised them with springs that are missing 2 coils on 1 side and not had a problem |
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elviscat
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:59 am |
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ta for the info Chris, all good had new toyo's just and tracking was riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight out. gonna put some new shocks on though £35 each apparently from euro parts! |
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Neal
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:23 am |
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make sure they send you the right ones (BOGE) and not the Bilstein ones (no-16V) as they have them listed for the 16V |
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tominbristol
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:42 pm |
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I got standard shocks from ECP and they were fine, don't remember what make they were! (crosses fingers) |
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