Here is my delima.. I bought a 97 civic ek shell I am turning in to weekend drag car. I was in the process of putting a different set of wheels on the car. I started with the left rear. got it on set the car down off the jack and looked at it the front of the rim is pointing out like this ( \ ) I never noticed it with the steelies on the car.. so i took the rim off and put the steelie back on and looked and the steelie is doing the same thing. Now at this point I was soo mad i dropped everything and went inside.

What are some things i can check/ measure to find out if its the suspension that is wacked or the chassis. Also i seen the trailing arm assembly that goes to the compensator arm says 94 on it with junk yard marker.. so its making me wounder if this chassis isnt messed up. Also wondering is the 94 civic compensator arm is different from the ek one causing the excessive toe on this side.

I have googled rear conversions just to see if anyone has made mention of the compensator arms being different but i haven't found anything

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Russ

 

You need to get an alignment. My friend is runing my old compensator arms on his eg without any issues.
There is a couple of reasons it could have been replaced, hitting a curb or somthing is one.
Or have you looked at your arms? Maybe move them and see if it gets better?

 

I am going to check it over tomorrow I guess the comparator arm bolt holes are slotted and are able to slide. i am going to see if i can get it close to where it needs to be (relatively) so we will see what happens

 

Yep, that is how you adjust the toe. If you get it close, take the car in and get it aligned just to make sure it is perfect.