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em2crusin May 9, 2013 04:46 PM

HELP!!!!!!! coilover alignment problem
 
i just installed d2 coilovers on my em2 the install went fine but when i put the car on the alignment rack my front toe was insanely off. i have 8 degrees of toe on the passenger side and 5 degrees on the drivers i tried messing with the steering joint under the console but it didnt help.
So i tried to align it but i got to 4degrees on the passenger side when i ran out of theards on the inner tie rod and didnt even attempt to do the drivers. ive been doing alignments at my dealership for a couple months and havent seemed to have a problem even after replacing steering racks!
PLEASE HELP HONDA TECH!!!!!!

toyomatt84 May 9, 2013 08:25 PM

Re: HELP!!!!!!! coilover alignment problem
 
How pitched are your tie rods? Did you "slam" the car down as far as possible? If so, my guess is that you're going to need to invert your tie rod ends to level out the tie rods (should be level with the surface of the Earth at static ride height).

98ekb18c May 9, 2013 09:58 PM

Re: HELP!!!!!!! coilover alignment problem
 
Sounds like you just learned the hard way why most shops don't bother with trying to align dropped cars.

em2crusin May 10, 2013 05:31 AM

Re: HELP!!!!!!! coilover alignment problem
 

Originally Posted by toyomatt84 (Post 48764931)
How pitched are your tie rods? Did you "slam" the car down as far as possible? If so, my guess is that you're going to need to invert your tie rod ends to level out the tie rods (should be level with the surface of the Earth at static ride height).

no i didnt slam the car, the fender is just flush with the tire so i have no wheel gap, but i saw on another forum i might need shorter or longer inner tie rods, but ive never heard of this before, when i slammed my buddys em2 he had no problem with alignment and he had racelands

toyomatt84 May 10, 2013 11:05 PM

Re: HELP!!!!!!! coilover alignment problem
 
Are your tie rod ends factory equipment? Are his?


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