car handles like crap

[Speedy]

I removed the spacers at the rear, today and had a drive.No difference :roll:

[20vWill]

NoHachi Wrote:20VWill, I'm not totally understanding the spacer issues? I know of quite some cars running different offsets front to back. What are the specific issues this causes?

With the same width wheels, running a 25mm offset at the front and a -5mm offset at the rear (result of 30mm spacer and ET25 rim), there is probably not enough adjustment to allow the centreline of the rears to pierce the centreline of the fronts. This will give serious instability issues and incorrect thrust angles which will become apparent at speed.

I'm surprised that removing the rear spacers to match the front didn't help?

I'd suggest again to replace the worn parts and get an alignment. Bump steer is noticeable and not ideal, but it won't ause the car to handle really badly. However, RCA's are well worthwhile though on any lowered AE86, they make a huge difference and don't cost much at all.

[NoHachi]

The issues he is experiencing are related to bumps and uneven surfaces. Now if he alreay had a fair amount of toe-in on the front axle, then the effects of bumpsteer would be worse then on a normally alligned car.

As long as it drives normally over flat surfaces I'm guessing that bushings etc are not the main problem...

Perhaps speedy could give us some more info on his setup. The second problem I can think of is that the car is lowered onto its bumpstops..that should make it skittish....Or koni dampers on the Full Firm setting.

[Speedy]

Quote:Perhaps speedy could give us some more info on his setup. The second problem I can think of is that the car is lowered onto its bumpstops..that should make it skittish....Or koni dampers on the Full Firm setting.

Ok, i have yellow Koni's turned 1/4 turn in.And Koni springs with 30mm lowering.I have PU bushings all around.So i dont think i sit on the bumpstops, or?!The toe was around zero, but i had the dampers out several times, so there could be some difference now, and as i said worn but, not seriously, tierod on the left, and worn suspension bearings.

[Speedy]

Ah i have forgotten something.The suspension bearings can't be the problem, cause i had installed Tein Adjustable Camber bearings.was the same problem, if not worse with them.I really think its caused by the lowering, because when i bought the car and drove 100km the first time i didnt noticed anything.

Doesnt anyone here had same problems like that, yet?

[Speedy]

Hi, i looked for RCA's

Here's an offer from the United States of America:

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<must be shipped separately).

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So europeans unite who's in?I think this is very cheap.We have a company here in swiss, i think, which sells them aswell.But they want 170€ for a pair

[Mux213]

Hey Speedy,

hmmmm sounds interesting, I don't need them yet but might get them already if we can get them cheap with a massive group buy.

Zax, can you do a counter offer, you made them yourself right? Or had them made or something? That may be even cheaper solution

[Ivan141]

Well, T3 RCA's have always been an option. The thing I like best about Gabe Tyler is that he charges the honest & real shipping costs. If Zax could be so kind to check what the price would be to have 10 sets of RCA's made we could make a comparison. Still...say you shipped 10 sets of RCA's over to europe, it would run no more than 90 dollars in shipping, which is pretty cheap IMO, probably even less.
If he would be willing to give a 15 dollar discount per set for a group purchase you would be looking at 65 dollars tops per set...shipped.
But first let us wait to see if Zax's manufacturer can hook us up for less.

[ZaX]

I just contacted the manufacturer for 10 pairs of RCA-s.
Still have to find out about the shipping to european countries.

[Ivan141]

Thanks Zax...the shipping is indeed a bit of a mess around europe. I'm afraid it might end up costing more than 9 dollars for some countries.
But lets just wait and see....no rush.