There are a few changes that I recently made to my '89 convertible that should have me on solid footing but the car feet unstable from about 30 MPH and up.
I had never driven the car more than a mile or so and at low speed before doing the rack swap. The car has new tie rods, the e36 rack felt VERY tight, and the control arm ball joints seem to be tight.
The car was wrecked and repaired before the rack swap. I am a bit frustrated that it is not symmetrical (I was told by the body shop that the frame was straight) and my camber is off by .3* from side to side. Camber is -1.8* and -2.1* up front.
Wheels are 17x7.5 with 215/45 tires.
Toe APPEARS to be slightly out after a tape measure alignment.
I ordered camber plates to correct for the camber irregularity from side to side.
Where would you start in steps to remediate to unsteady steering/tracking? The car feels very...darty under steering inputs or even when trying to track straight.
So what would you recommend first? Alignment (check?) before the camber plate install? CABs? Control arms?
I am at a bit of a loss.
I had never driven the car more than a mile or so and at low speed before doing the rack swap. The car has new tie rods, the e36 rack felt VERY tight, and the control arm ball joints seem to be tight.
The car was wrecked and repaired before the rack swap. I am a bit frustrated that it is not symmetrical (I was told by the body shop that the frame was straight) and my camber is off by .3* from side to side. Camber is -1.8* and -2.1* up front.
Wheels are 17x7.5 with 215/45 tires.
Toe APPEARS to be slightly out after a tape measure alignment.
I ordered camber plates to correct for the camber irregularity from side to side.
Where would you start in steps to remediate to unsteady steering/tracking? The car feels very...darty under steering inputs or even when trying to track straight.
So what would you recommend first? Alignment (check?) before the camber plate install? CABs? Control arms?
I am at a bit of a loss.
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