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Old 11-04-04, 10:13 PM
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I was just wondering if there is anything, Strut Bar (upper/lower) to help with my alignment. My roads in DE aren't great, but they aren't horrible either. My alignment just seems to go bad after 3 to 4 months and gets really shaky. I have the CA-05's 20" with 245/35 in front and 275/35 rears. No dop. Will anythig help, or do i just need to keep taking it in?

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the GS is very sensitive on alignment, it gets knocked out pretty easy specially with big wheels or suspensions. imho, it's a good idea to alignment every yr, preferrably twice a yr imho. it's just how the car is
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you are right to assume its the larger wheels with the larger contact patch doing this , a possible remedy is the strut bars and i highly recc the toms front lower brace to eliminate any unwanted excessive movement within the lower control arms whereby it affects the castor arm dynamics and also doing the toms 5piece rear links and rear lower control brace to do the same with the rear subframe.. it will keep everthing moving as one and will greatly min thye occurances of the susp moving outside their designed parameters
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Thanks fellas for the advice. I will look into the tom's upper strut bar and 5 piece rear links also.

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Originally posted by JohnGS4
Thanks fellas for the advice. I will look into the tom's upper strut bar and 5 piece rear links also.

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actually its the toms lower front control brace that will net the biggest results up front
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Good ****, then that's what i'm going to look into getting!

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Originally posted by lexforlife
actually its the toms lower front control brace that will net the biggest results up front
gosh i accidentally read the reply from ed on this again!
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comeon now henry , pick up the phone and hit the speed dial to steve and get it over with
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Originally posted by lexforlife
comeon now henry , pick up the phone and hit the speed dial to steve and get it over with
ok, i am counting how many times you say that before i really pull the trigger!
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