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geno8r Grand Master

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Hi

I took my car down to my steering specialist today to try & get 2 things fixed up before i go drag racing.

1. Brakes were shaking heavily under braking at 160 km/h +.

I had the rotars machined, runs sweet now.

2. My car pulls to the left. The car hit the gutter on the left hand side a while ago, so had some parts which were bent replaced to fix it up. After that being fixed i took it back saying it was still leaning to the left & they noticed "so & so" the bolts had slipped a bit in the crash so they pulled them back into place... Ok, so its pretty good now, i can do 180 km/h & it's feeling ok..... Before it would shake hardcore at 140 km/h.

So when i took the car back today i was hoping to get the steering fixed up 100% straight so when i go racing it'll be sweet.

The response was that they measured up everything & they couldnt do any more with the stock steering parts & said they could install a camber kit for me.

Does this sound right!? Will a camber kit fix up my steering. The car leans to the left & leans the same amount regardless of speed. The wheels don’t start shaking heavy at higher speeds, just a leaning to the left problem.

So yeh, anyway who has had this problem, or knowledge about this type of stuff please do share you thoughts.

Thanks!

Cheers, :cheers:

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i hit a gutter awhile ago and then i had adjustable camber on it and the bushes were stufed so i replaced them with standard bushes and put GTR struts with king springs in. while i was putting in the bushs i realised the left side that i hit wasn't lining up and had to bend the side of the brachet to get the bolt through.. now the left front side sits 10mm higher than the front right.. i have replaced everything except the actual hub bit.

p.s. my car pulls alittle to the left aswell.

i got nothing..

one guy at fulcrom said it could be a sunk spring but i don't think so..

geno8r Grand Master

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Hmmm yeh that sucks then. Yeh when i took it to get fixed they noticed that somepart had been forced back in the hit, so they undid the bolts, pulled bar or rod or whatever back into place, took measurments, all lined up. After ringing them recently they said they might try to pull it back some more to see how it goes then. I duno, they're a steering specialist, thats all they do, they should be able to fix it. It's booked in for Monday, i'll post the results then.

geno8r Grand Master

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cool..  do you know exactly what had to be forced back into place?

Nar sorry, i dropped the car down this morning, he was saying how it sucks when you have to get the car up onto a proper rig or something & check the whole chassis or something, anyway they're taking a look today. I'll try to remember the technical terms & parts they talk about when i pick it up & post the results tomorrow.

Cheers,

geno8r Grand Master

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Yeh well i went to pick up my car this arvo & you wouldnt f#cking believe it, the owner comes walking out, "sorry mate i pranged your car", 'what' i thought he was joking @ first coz i looked @ the back & it looked fine, then he said "yeh really sorry i'll tell ya what happened" so we walk up to my car, 'owwwwwwww f#cking shit!', dammmmmmm, the side door was all pranged in & the front quarter panel too... farrrrrrrrrrrrk. The story went as: he was rang up told his mother was very ill in hostipal, he got in the big 4WD Cab chassis with big f#ckin bullbar type thing on the back & coz he was in a rush, smacked it into reverse turning, & boom into my f#cking car.

There's no way i could be angry @ him, he's always treated me right so i just said sorry about his mother & that was about it. He said he would take it to the best smash repairs he knew & get it all fixed up, i know he'll treat it the best way it can be done, but the whole situation has just left me feeling really bummed & f#cking angry, just angry @ the situation & it has just proceeded after having a bad weekend *inc loosing my wallet on sat night*. So im just trying to deal with this stroke of f#ct luck. Already been down the gym & smashed some boxing bags, listening to some heavy music 'korn' now & i'll find out 2moro what damage was done exactly & how long it's gone be till i have my baby back... I have decals on my doors too, so i'll probably gota source some replacements now too... ARRRRRRRRRRRRR :cuss:

geno8r Grand Master

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Owww yeh he also said somethinga bout a Caster Rod... they going to replace that with a new one i think.... i dont even f#cking care how they do it now... i just want my dam car back... It better be back in under 2 weeks or else i'll be really f#cking pissd.

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Owww yeh he also said somethinga bout a Caster Rod... they going to replace that with a new one i think.... i dont even f#cking care how they do it now... i just want my dam car back... It better be back in under 2 weeks or else i'll be really f#cking pissd.

Life is too short for all this anger... Cars get smashed all the time. It is only when its yours it seems more important. Ride your bike, walk a bit, sh@g your girl in her mothers car.... there is always some good.

The wheel alignment in some skylines is borderline when they leave the factory. Then we drop them on their exhaust... and some times they clout a gutter.

Fair chance the biff has taken yours over the edge, and the slight bend in something means it will be very hard to get back without using accentric bushes and the like. Should be fine then...

Good luck

TT

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Mate i feel for ya some merc driving lady reversed into mine not to long ago. Smash repairs don't take too long anywho. especially if you puch 'em.

to drive straight my steering wheel must be slightly rotated anti-clockwise about 2-5(degrees) is this the same thing or different?

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