Thread: Brace Yourselves...

Alright, $10 at Lowes for some square bar, some welding, and I have my version of the ikea brace

Hopefully I can get rid of a little understeer:

baller

can you get me some more pics of you trunk spring? I am trying to get mine reinstalled and I need some pics.

thanks in advance. Brian

Whats your front camber set at? Youve been trying to get rid of that understeer for a while now.

At the moment, I couldn't tell you. I'd need to grab my level from work.

For the record, the car does understeer more when I make a right turn, than a left turn (or possibly the other way around.

Ok, I'm at work and I checked with a level.

-2.53* on the left side, -2.19* on the right. I wouldn't take those numbers exact since I've actually messed with the suspension several times. The problem has always been there, even after an alignment.

Anyway, definitely, I have more grip in a left-hand turn, I have much understeer on a right turn. I think there's something going on with my left side, front suspension. The left side is the one that grips during a right-hander and it also seems to be the first tire to break traction during hard braking.

One more update, while I was at work, I took the left wheel off and tinkered around a little, and did a few test drives. I found one of the collars that adjusts my ride height was loose. It wouldn't have messed with my height without me unbolting the entire hub, but it did cause the spindle to jiggle a little.

I put it back together, set the camber to about -2.2* like the other side, and I made sure the toe was even. I don't really have the tools to check my toe, but as long as my steering wheel is straight when I go straight, and there's no pulling, I'm happy. I'm sure I need a few degrees toe-in to lower understeer.