HELP!!! My car feels unsafe.
03-30-2006, 03:50 PM
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HELP!!! My car feels unsafe. I have to physically hold the wheel with both hands and fight it on some roads. My car is majorly addicted to crack. I can't keep it from them. I have bone stock susp with 245's and 315's. I know the tires have alot to do with it but it did this with the stock sizes on there also. I drive on one road every day that I can't, no matter how hard I try, keep the car in my lane. It sucks trying to change lanes on the highway also, every bump seems to send the car in the air. How can I fix this?
03-30-2006, 08:10 PM
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You need to talk with Sam Strano. I've learned a lot from him and I haven't even bought anything yet. He can explain a lot of stuff and how it (suspension) all works. He knows his ****.
03-31-2006, 10:13 AM
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I've aligned it twice now. The thing is, with the new wheel/tire sizes the handling didn't get any worse. It stayed the same. I've got an alignment rack so it's as easy as finding time to do it. I have it set exactly to spec.
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04-02-2006, 03:43 PM
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Sounds to me like dead shocks or a broken sway bar mount.
You could possibly have a bad tie rod joint as well..
I suggest going underneath and having a look, tug on everything to ensure nothing is visibly loose... its a good starting point.
You could possibly have a bad tie rod joint as well..
I suggest going underneath and having a look, tug on everything to ensure nothing is visibly loose... its a good starting point.
04-02-2006, 05:54 PM
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my car does the same thing, i refuse to pay $800 or more for shocks, i know i need them does anyone know of any quality shocks for a guy on a tight budget? Oh and we have really crappy roads in missouri!
04-02-2006, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by urbanhunter44
$800 for shocks? Holy **** who are you buying from?
KYB GR-2s are like $40 a piece for the rears, the fronts are like 80 something a piece. Good shocks.
KYB GR-2s are like $40 a piece for the rears, the fronts are like 80 something a piece. Good shocks.
Koni SA's are about $700 and Koni DA's are about $800-ish.
Definately worth the $$$ if you got the cash, I just got the SA's
04-02-2006, 08:15 PM
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yeah.. i agree, your not going to get good shocks unless you fork over some $$
I should get ahold of some shocks and do a shock dyno plot of all of them... you will see the differences then.
If someone wants to supply the shocks, i can run them on the shock dyno.
I should get ahold of some shocks and do a shock dyno plot of all of them... you will see the differences then.
If someone wants to supply the shocks, i can run them on the shock dyno.
04-02-2006, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Marc '99T/A
huh?Like so...
heres some reading for ya..
http://www.circletrack.com/techarticles/82918/
04-03-2006, 09:19 AM
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Car's never been wrecked and they have about 115k on them. The suspension is good. No worn rod ends, ball joints and such. I looked at them all on saturday.