front suspention problems on my dc integra
i just bought a gsr dc integra shell from a friend who recently got it back from being stolen, the car was in PREFECT condition before it fell into the hands of thieves
. the only things that were stolen were the Motor/tranny/entire swap and brakes. All the brakes/knuckles/trailing arms were replaced with some rusted crap that the theives put on. Now my problem is with the front suspention. After taking everything apart and looking at every idividual part i cannot figure out why the front tires arent centered in the tire well. From a side view it looks as if the tires have been pushed back towards the firewall leaving a 6-7 inch wheel gap between the front bumper and the tire. i compared the front suspention to another integra without a motor and everything looks perfect. Now i was just wondering if mabye a different year/model knuckle would cause the wheels to move further back from its original position. I can use all the help i can get! Please help me, iv never came across a problem like this and everyone iv talked to hasnt either......Thanks Alot
. the only things that were stolen were the Motor/tranny/entire swap and brakes. All the brakes/knuckles/trailing arms were replaced with some rusted crap that the theives put on. Now my problem is with the front suspention. After taking everything apart and looking at every idividual part i cannot figure out why the front tires arent centered in the tire well. From a side view it looks as if the tires have been pushed back towards the firewall leaving a 6-7 inch wheel gap between the front bumper and the tire. i compared the front suspention to another integra without a motor and everything looks perfect. Now i was just wondering if mabye a different year/model knuckle would cause the wheels to move further back from its original position. I can use all the help i can get! Please help me, iv never came across a problem like this and everyone iv talked to hasnt either......Thanks Alot
Knuckle won't cause that (unless its seriously bent).
Swapped UCAs will increase caster, which moves the wheel back slightly in the well.
However, not to that extreme. I run swapped UCAs on my DC (about +1.5* caster) which also include caster adjustment (offset balljoint, another +1.5* caster) and while the wheels is visible back from the center of the well, it certainly ain't 6 to 7" back...
Swapped UCAs will increase caster, which moves the wheel back slightly in the well.
However, not to that extreme. I run swapped UCAs on my DC (about +1.5* caster) which also include caster adjustment (offset balljoint, another +1.5* caster) and while the wheels is visible back from the center of the well, it certainly ain't 6 to 7" back...
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