I installed a Cusco front lower tie bar on my DC2, and I'm not loving it, I think it might be vibrating off my exhaust/header.

In a straight line the response feels sharper, but if there is a dip in the road, I feel like it tries to pull the opposite wheel over with it.

Anyone else experience this?

Am I just being paranoid? lol

Thanks!

 

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It probably is.

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Huh?

What are your current alignment specs, and how low is your car? It is quite possible that you're experiencing bump steer, unrelated to the part you just installed.

 

Car is kind of low, but before the front tie I didn't notice this pulling...

It drives straight, but if one wheel is lower on the road than the other I can feel a pull in that direction. Like a uniformed type of pull, hard to explain I guess...

 

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It drives straight, but if one wheel is lower on the road than the other I can feel a pull in that direction. Like a uniformed type of pull, hard to explain I guess...</TD></TR></TABLE>
That's typical behavior of a vehicle on a crowned road, particularly a lowered vehicle with wide low profile tires. It really has nothing to do with a chassis brace.

 

Interesting, well the car is on 15x7 Volks, w/azenis tires.

I have not measured the distance from the ground, but the front mud flaps tend to scrape on dips in the road heh...

I've only had the car a month so, might be that I just didn't notice it.

 

If it's only bolting the the inner front LCA mounts, then it has nothing to with any sort of bump steer or pulling, as it is completely stationary and only ties the subframe mount points together.

 

Ya it's bolted to the LCAs...

So this bump steer, is the only way to fix it, to raise the car?