well I'd like to post pictures but it was very late last night, not enough light outside to take pictures. So they'll follow.

It's done for a while, but I had trouble with the car ending up too high in the front.
Reason was that I tightened the lower arm pivot while having them more or less hanging down.
I opened them, drove a few metres forward/backward. let the car sit for a week (was busy with other things).
Last night I adjusted camber/caster/toe in.
It's well away from perfect. but I decided to give it a good drive before I re-adjust as the suspension might settle another bit.
At the moment I have 3 degrees caster on both sides. left and right side have both 1 degree camber (0.5 more than it should be). It was getting late so I stopped.

the result .. . I have driven the car only up and down a pothole road, no heavy cornering. I can say the steering seems easier when driving slow (new bushings and balljoints?).
When I'm driving it feels like I have to push more to get the car to corner and have to push more to hold it there. Maybe I'll reduce caster a bit.

Anyway I said I'm going to give it a proper road test once it's bright outside (weekend)

I'm delighted it all went ok. I didn't drill any wrong holes and crap like that :-)

Kalli

 

I run my car with 4* of caster. It definitely takes a little effort to hold it in corners, but it also seems to like those corners better, and it tracks straighter as well.

 

4 sounds brutal on the arms for prople like me and no power steering. I can see the car rise already with 3 :-)

 

Start curling 32 ounces instead of 16, and you call yourself an irishman.

 

lol. actually german myself. my girlfriend brought me as a souvenier from a trip to Germany. i personally don't mind at all when driving, it just gets annoying in parking lots. but as said, need to do a proper test drive. I was driving a powersteering car for the last few weeks, so I can't remember what it actually was like

 

DAMN that a good one !!!

Kali you'll love it when squared away. Have the guys that leave here call back and say how much more they love it. I just had another one 2 days ago do the same. Ranting a raving about it. Wait until his R&P goes in

What's your toe in ? 1/8 ?

 

yes, toe-in was said to be between 1-1/16" and 1-1/8", so I went for 1/8"
what R&P is in there currently? 2.8:1? :-) he won't know his car then when changed

can't wait to drive her properly. Saturday or Sunday. and NO MORE SQUEKING !!!! ya. i had to shout that
man I hated it. driving through town, people here the car coming, turn their heads and then you go over a small speed bump. squeeeeeek ... squeeaak

Kalli

 

Got any pics of that drop?

 

Did you mean 1/16 and 1/8 for the toe in? You would have to lift a lot of 32 oz. mugs to drive that straight down the road with 1 1/8 or tow in. Or after a lot of 32 0z. mugs it would appear to be going straight down the road but who would care.

 

i'm too stupid for this imperial inch stuff. i meant i should have 1/8 or 1/16, went for 1/8

I never brought the good camera, only took a few snaps with the mobile phone. Will be over at car later. i.m not sure if I can actually see the car dropped. maybe after it all settled.