Car, Kicks out with any little bump when driving

[bardabe]

ok, so I traded my S13 for an Eagle Talon, the new owner of my car said that on his way home, with ANY Little bump, he hit with my car the car would kick out and want to steer itself out of control, the only thing I can really think of is that the Aligment on the car somehow went bad from sitting in the Garage for 3 months without moving?.

I really don't know what can cause this, you guys think my Aligment went bad? or something Else?

Like Pretty much he said he would be driving on the freeway and with any little bump he hit the car would kick out and want to steer out of control. so he had to fight with the car everytime he hit a bump. what do you guys think?

suspension Set up:

all stock Arms
Stock Rear shocks (Rear Coilovers are being rebuilt)
Kei Office Front Coilovers
Cusco Camber Plates.
Stock sway bars
VLSD

[cwd240]

Your rear struts could be bad. When I got mine the rears were pretty beat and any bump would cause the back end to shift around.

[SiI40sx]

100% rear shocks, happened to me twice already. To my logic, when the car hits a bump and the rear shocks are bad / semi bad, theyre not forcing the wheel down fast enough causing the rear wheels to lose some traction thus causing the rear of the car to slide out. But yeah 100% rear shocks.

[DP_Michelle G]

what shape are the tie rod ends and ball joints? i think that would also cause it to happen

[SILVIA_KIDs14.5]

yeah def the rear struts like they said above agree 100% happened to me and ended up needing a new front end don't wait on fixing it

[stealthj]

REARRRR SHOCCCKSSS!!! ive had it happen to like EIGHT CARS with blown shockieesss, buy some cheap gr-2 or hurry with your coils

[johngriff]

Dude. He is USED to driving a POS mitsu. He jumped in your whip, and probably pee'd himself and vomited at the same time because it reacts instead of handling like a bar of soap covered in cream cheese.

That or your bump steer is trashed.

[stinky_180]

very worn out bushings, alignment, blown shocks/struts

[bardabe]

alright I'll have that guy get the coils rebult and put em on ASAP then have him take it to aligment shop to double check everything is ok. thanks for the help guys (I never had that happen to me i don;t wait to have completly fucked rear suspension to replace it)

-Juan

[statik]

ditto on the rear shocks, I had the same issues in my old Z

[RedtopTech]

worn dampers are plausible but another rhing to consider is bump steer. When a vehicle is lowered the tie rods angle upwards which cause a change in the toe curve. When you hit a bump, instead of the wheel moving up and maintaning the toe angle, the wheel is pulled inward causing the sudden change in direction.

[swayray]

what are the offsets on your wheels... are they low offset 0 - 20mm?? you would feel every crack on the road if you are running low offset wheels... most of us are used to it but fwd owners would think of it being weird....


besides that your shocks must be blown and/or your rear arms are worn....

[sideview_180sx]

like what swayray said. I drive my moms del sol and it doesn't follow the undulations in the road like how my s13 would. besides its probably him thinking he can handle the way car reacts. BTW what model talon did you get Esi or Tsi awd ??

[bardabe]

alright wheel off set is sunken battleship +42, stock arms, and yeah I'll have him get RUCAS and when the coils are back from rebuild shop I'll have em slap em on, and take the car to an Aligment

its an AWD TSI BTW.