Hi guys.
My car is at the shop, hoping to get it this sorted on Monday hence the urgency.
Ok, heres my problem.
Just installed Zeal Function XS into my car.
Just installed the AKOM Racing inverted tie rod ends into my car
Went to get an alignment and they said something about not enough thread left to get the toe to within spec, hence it is sitting at the shop with +30mm and +40mm HUGE toe numbers.
So atm my wheels look like this
Front
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REAR.
Now someone please correct me if i am wrong.
At the moment my TOE adjustability is controlled by the tie rods indicated in RED in the following pictures.
Now, the Zeal function XS suspension have a relatively LOW steering arm on them, so this flattens out the tie rod as per the following picture, correct?
(stock suspension lowered = RED perforated)
(Zeals with low steering arm perch = Orange)
Now, afaik, this is furthered by the use of the inverted tie rods resulting in the following picture (exxagerated)
So my question lies, in order to allow for my TOE to be corrected to i have to LENGTHEN the tie rods or SHORTEN them. According to my logic which is probably flawed, as the arms STRAIGHTEN out, in theory they are lengthened however this may be somewhat negated by the SHORTER tie rod ends.
My question. HOW DO I GET ZERO TOE?
Im thinking that in order to get neutral toe, or toe in i need longer tie rods
The shop where i went to get the alignment said that they were running out of thread. I can only assume this means that when adjust the HEIM? SP? links, they were unscrewing them in order to LENGTHEN the tie rods and were running out of usable thread.
I dont think running -1 camber is going to net me 40mm of toe.
any ideas? Longer tie rods? Go back to oem tie rod ends?
The odd thing is, i had no issues when running stock suspension slammed 2" and stock tie rod ends which theoretically wouldve netted me shorter tie rods....suspension issue? not installed properly?
im confused.:shakehead
http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=570531
same thread on Crsx
My car is at the shop, hoping to get it this sorted on Monday hence the urgency.
Ok, heres my problem.
Just installed Zeal Function XS into my car.
Just installed the AKOM Racing inverted tie rod ends into my car
Went to get an alignment and they said something about not enough thread left to get the toe to within spec, hence it is sitting at the shop with +30mm and +40mm HUGE toe numbers.
So atm my wheels look like this
Front
\ /
| |
REAR.
Now someone please correct me if i am wrong.
At the moment my TOE adjustability is controlled by the tie rods indicated in RED in the following pictures.
Now, the Zeal function XS suspension have a relatively LOW steering arm on them, so this flattens out the tie rod as per the following picture, correct?
(stock suspension lowered = RED perforated)
(Zeals with low steering arm perch = Orange)
Now, afaik, this is furthered by the use of the inverted tie rods resulting in the following picture (exxagerated)
So my question lies, in order to allow for my TOE to be corrected to i have to LENGTHEN the tie rods or SHORTEN them. According to my logic which is probably flawed, as the arms STRAIGHTEN out, in theory they are lengthened however this may be somewhat negated by the SHORTER tie rod ends.
My question. HOW DO I GET ZERO TOE?
Im thinking that in order to get neutral toe, or toe in i need longer tie rods
The shop where i went to get the alignment said that they were running out of thread. I can only assume this means that when adjust the HEIM? SP? links, they were unscrewing them in order to LENGTHEN the tie rods and were running out of usable thread.
I dont think running -1 camber is going to net me 40mm of toe.
any ideas? Longer tie rods? Go back to oem tie rod ends?
The odd thing is, i had no issues when running stock suspension slammed 2" and stock tie rod ends which theoretically wouldve netted me shorter tie rods....suspension issue? not installed properly?
im confused.:shakehead
http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=570531
same thread on Crsx
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