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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 10:06 AM
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Just bought my 1994 GS300, shocks are bad, cant afford them just yet but did change upper control arms and lower ball joints with some meyley ones, inner and outter tie rods with some sensei 555 stuff and now I have tooooo much toe in! On both sides! :-( What else can cause this? I saw front lower subframe has a dent but i dont think enough to mess up the entire dynamics! Its lowered on tanabes, outer tie rods are fully threaded onto the inners and doesnt give me more threads to even out the toe! Everything measured the same so idk if maybe lower control arms are bad?
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MA70KinG
Just bought my 1994 GS300, shocks are bad, cant afford them just yet but did change upper control arms and lower ball joints with some meyley ones, inner and outter tie rods with some sensei 555 stuff and now I have tooooo much toe in! On both sides! :-( What else can cause this? I saw front lower subframe has a dent but i dont think enough to mess up the entire dynamics! Its lowered on tanabes, outer tie rods are fully threaded onto the inners and doesnt give me more threads to even out the toe! Everything measured the same so idk if maybe lower control arms are bad?
Are your camber and caster numbers within spec?
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 11:30 AM
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Visually caster looks off and camber looked ok until i messed with the lower control arm with the adjustment screw and now toe looks ok but camber is off and caster a little better
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 11:34 AM
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But camber screw doesnt go in all the way because off the degree measureing thing on the subframe and on the bolt but if i put everything back to normal there will be tooo much toe in... I wish i can drive it but its not driveable lol
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 11:35 AM
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Shes bold legged now
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 02:00 PM
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You will have to correct the camber and caster first.
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by TRACKMKIII
You will have to correct the camber and caster first.

How can i go about doing that? At least well enough to head to an alignment shop
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 04:34 PM
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This is her just a couple days ago
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 04:36 PM
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See how the front wheel is there syeering wheel is a little to the right now with steering wheel straight it looks like that maybe a little more in
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Old Feb 26, 2015 | 05:05 PM
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If its so bad that you can't drive it I would say just tow it to a local alignment shop.
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