Car is Acting Retarded!
#11
Originally Posted by S2Kitt,Nov 21 2009, 11:46 AM
May seem way off b/c car is lowered about 2" or more. so stocks specs are out the window. plus with the offsets an widths of my wheels I have to run an agressive cambered stance.
I tried to stay as close as possible to the specs I found on a thread in here. I'll see if I can find it again. A couple of people Iknow backed up the threads posted specs.
#12
you should ditch the spacers you are already running low offset wheels, which should give you some more space...aferwards get an alignment
btw spacers can lead to a bad bearing, IMO spacers aren't a good compromise for what you get... i was considering some spacers a while ago for more of a flush fit but decided to wait for some better wheels.
bad bearing= hold wheel and see if theres any tilting motion, you will also hear a noise which sounds similar to a bad pad but gets worse over time.
btw spacers can lead to a bad bearing, IMO spacers aren't a good compromise for what you get... i was considering some spacers a while ago for more of a flush fit but decided to wait for some better wheels.
bad bearing= hold wheel and see if theres any tilting motion, you will also hear a noise which sounds similar to a bad pad but gets worse over time.
#13
To check the wheel bearing, just lift up the car till the wheel is in the air, hold the wheel and see if there is any play in it, if you don't feel that there is any play, then there is something else wrong.
I have one side bearing go wrong twice but car did not handle bad at all, the noise got worst and worst over the period of time, if you don't hear any sound on load at slow speeds from that wheel and there is no play, you are safe as far as I know.
I would check the alignment once again to make sure.
Car would handle like sh*t if you are low and don't have bumpsteer kit, but would only handle like crap if you drive on crappy roads or roads that are not even.
Hope this helps and good luck with finding and fixing the issue.
I have one side bearing go wrong twice but car did not handle bad at all, the noise got worst and worst over the period of time, if you don't hear any sound on load at slow speeds from that wheel and there is no play, you are safe as far as I know.
I would check the alignment once again to make sure.
Car would handle like sh*t if you are low and don't have bumpsteer kit, but would only handle like crap if you drive on crappy roads or roads that are not even.
Hope this helps and good luck with finding and fixing the issue.
#15
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by bgoetz,Nov 21 2009, 01:19 PM
If your car is lowered to the point where you are limited that much, then it is too low. With the fact that you have to run that aggresive of a camber to fit the wheels, it seems like you are more concerned with looks than performance. I think you need to decide what you are after. If you are after performance I would not have an alignment setting like that, just my $.02. I don't really care who else thinks those are good specs, that much rear camber and that much rear toe is a formula for an understeering pig.
#16
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by VolkMan,Nov 21 2009, 07:05 PM
you should ditch the spacers you are already running low offset wheels, which should give you some more space...aferwards get an alignment
btw spacers can lead to a bad bearing, IMO spacers aren't a good compromise for what you get... i was considering some spacers a while ago for more of a flush fit but decided to wait for some better wheels.
bad bearing= hold wheel and see if theres any tilting motion, you will also hear a noise which sounds similar to a bad pad but gets worse over time.
btw spacers can lead to a bad bearing, IMO spacers aren't a good compromise for what you get... i was considering some spacers a while ago for more of a flush fit but decided to wait for some better wheels.
bad bearing= hold wheel and see if theres any tilting motion, you will also hear a noise which sounds similar to a bad pad but gets worse over time.
#17
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by berlinas2k2,Nov 21 2009, 12:46 PM
How about hubcentric rings on your wheels.
#18
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by S2k_MoZo,Nov 21 2009, 07:42 PM
To check the wheel bearing, just lift up the car till the wheel is in the air, hold the wheel and see if there is any play in it, if you don't feel that there is any play, then there is something else wrong.
I have one side bearing go wrong twice but car did not handle bad at all, the noise got worst and worst over the period of time, if you don't hear any sound on load at slow speeds from that wheel and there is no play, you are safe as far as I know.
I would check the alignment once again to make sure.
Car would handle like sh*t if you are low and don't have bumpsteer kit, but would only handle like crap if you drive on crappy roads or roads that are not even.
Hope this helps and good luck with finding and fixing the issue.
I have one side bearing go wrong twice but car did not handle bad at all, the noise got worst and worst over the period of time, if you don't hear any sound on load at slow speeds from that wheel and there is no play, you are safe as far as I know.
I would check the alignment once again to make sure.
Car would handle like sh*t if you are low and don't have bumpsteer kit, but would only handle like crap if you drive on crappy roads or roads that are not even.
Hope this helps and good luck with finding and fixing the issue.
Front Bumpsteer spacers for the steering rack
Rear Anti-bumpsteer arms
Upgraded Tie-Rod ends
or something I haven't listed?
we do have shitty roads around here.
also how come I haven't really had this problem before or needed anti-bumpsteer?
#19
Originally Posted by S2Kitt,Nov 22 2009, 01:13 AM
The Thread I found was specs from the top three S2000's in Auto-x an their drivers.