Aluminum Control Arms

Struts, spring, anti-rollbars, braces and the like.

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entirelyturbo
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Post by entirelyturbo »

Be sure your tire pressures are even. I know it sounds stupid, but I've gotten all bent out of shape (no pun intended) about my car pulling one way or another only to find one tire was 5 or so psi lower than the other.

You just got an alignment? Do you have the sheet with all the specs?
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Post by t3h L3g4cy »

haha yeah i've done that. it's quite discouraging when ur doing everything right only to find out it was something so simple, u overlook it.

I don't have the alignment sheet specs cuz recently i've been checking and redoing the alignment like every week (my dad owns a shop). It was only up until about 2 weeks ago that i realized that while doing the alignment, i shouldn't tighten the alignment nuts until the specs r where i want them to be.

I said we got a used 94 legacy spindle but it was a used 95 spindle. After we replaced that, we did the alignment again. This time the car traveled straight on the highway at about 70mph without my hands on the wheel. The steering wheel is just a tiny bit off tho, turned toward the left. The problem wasn't the control arms like i thought it was, but instead the wheel bearings -_-

As far as the specs, they should be something like this:
Toe
L R:
front 0 0
rear 0 0

Camber
L R
front -0.05 -0.6
rear -0.07 -0.03

Caster was pretty much 0. I made sure that the toe was exactly 0. I checked, rechecked, and checked again before tightening them up. I checked it again after tightening to make sure.

So i'm thinking of either replacing the left front bearing or getting another 95 spindle and doing the alignment once more. I'll be adjusting the camber later once i put sportier struts and springs on. For now i'm content with 0 toe all around.
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Post by SILINC3R »

ok so first question. how much did it cost for the three parts. and would this fit a 90 fwd. another question is i think i am understanding this wrong but why did you get MOOG inner tie rods if you got the Whiteline RCA kit.

thanks tony
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