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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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When i drive over a hole or a dip on the passeger side my car literaly shakes and bounces to the driver side it is terrible. Anyone have any ideas what this may be? I ordered allready ground controls and koni yellows and a front camber kit for my car rite now it has stock shocks and ractive coilovers(please dont laught i got the car like this)that i dont know if the blown or what. Im going to be doing the suspension swap this weekend anything that i should check that could be causing this problem.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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The stock shocks are probably blown from being used with aftermarket coilovers, and the toe is probably severely out of alignment.

Install the new suspension minus the camber kits (return those), set the ride height, and immediately get the car on an alignment rack to set the toe back to the exact center of the factory specified range at all four corners.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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why should i return the camber kit
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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Because it's more of a liability than anything. It isn't necessary, adds additional failure points, and is more expensive yet less reliable than a stock upper control arm and ball joint.

And while we are on the subject, you should probably have your suspension inspected by a qualified professional. Any bad bushings, loose ball joints, and/or loose sway bar links should be addressed.
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Old Feb 7, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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my friends that go to uti are going to check it out for me and the reason why i got the camber it is becasue the bushing on the old upper arms are making a sqeeking
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