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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 11:58 PM
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I have a set up 18" wheels wrapped with Toyo T1-s tires. 265 in the back and 235 in the front. Now my car, it really really likes to go sideways really easy. Have stock suspension, but have a wing in the back. seems like the wing isn't doing it's job or my car doesn't want to stay on the road. I bought the car used. Now I noticed that my brace in the bottom, connect from left to right side of the crossmember isn't strait, its had like a big dent on it. Seems like the car had an exedent on the botom of the crossmember.
Is it maybe because of that i'm not getting a good handling with my car? Will a cusco rear xbrace work?
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 12:38 AM
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ummm im not sure about all your other questions, but i am sure about this one. The wing you are talking about has no effect on down force at anything under 100mph (and still pretty minimal) Especially at turning speeds which are usually about 20-100mph (depending on the turn) the wing does nothing, so you shouldn
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 09:13 AM
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damnit,
thought the gt veilside wing was for performance ohh well.
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 09:39 AM
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I would suggest that you have a good alignment done. If something serious is wrong with your suspension geometry the alignment should bring this to light. This would be better than spending money and time on mods that most likely will not help.

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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Av8ing1,Aug 5 2004, 09:39 AM
I would suggest that you have a good alignment done. If something serious is wrong with your suspension geometry the alignment should bring this to light. This would be better than spending money and time on mods that most likely will not help.

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it's crazy, but could it be spring spacers??? I certainly hope not but it's possible
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by hpark,Aug 5 2004, 01:01 PM
it's crazy, but could it be spring spacers??? I certainly hope not but it's possible
wow.... if thats it
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 03:46 PM
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Spring spacers? What are those?
I'm gonna see if I can go with my car tomorow to let them give it a properly line up, and then look at the papers to see what is wrong.
And i still have my kg/mm lowering springs dr21 race, but because some of the roads here are so bumpy, i'll be messing my carbon lip much faster.
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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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If you have added lowering springs you shouldn't have to worry about the factory spring spacers still being in.

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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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My guess would be worn out stock shocks? considering you are running aftermarket springs..
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Old Aug 6, 2004 | 09:39 AM
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Not using any aftermarket springs. I have the springs, but didn't install them yet.
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