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09-17-2008, 03:32 PM
So heres the story. I bought my 95 silvia k's about 6months ago with blown coilovers. Knowing they were blown, I knew the car would handle shitty. I immediately put it on jackstands for about 5 months to really make it into a project......
and now the nightmare begins.... new stance coilovers... new tie rods.... I take them to my first shop to get the car aligned.... I get out of the shop and drive home and have a crazy drag to the left.....
problem 1...now i really get to start driving it.... after about 30seconds, I notice that every time i let off the gas, it make a single clunking noise... not the differential, but more like the subframe smacking against the car....i tap the gas again and the frame smacks? maybe subframe bushings or im screwed?
problem 1.5.... also, when i installed the coilovers, i triple checked they were all even... i start driving and notice my right rear tire scrapes a little on hard lefts... no biggie..... but to add to it, every time i shift into 5th at a low rpm, i get a highish pitch rumble from the right rear-ish area...
problem 2.. I am driving home from work, understeer and hit a curb... it throws my alignment off a little, so I decide to take it to a more reputable shop... they get it and freak out... what was supposed to be a routine alignment, takes 3 whole days to get it almost perfect.... i get it back and both of my front wheels are back towards the fender more, and i cant make a hard left without my tire eating frame...... maybe they messed with my tension rods? not to mention my steering is harder to turn now, and the auto return is getting weaker...
problem 3... the mechanic points out something i never noticed... my rear axle is off... the left rear wheel is about 1in from the fender and the right is about 1 1/2in from the fender... bad shit... and im pretty sure i dont have HICAS.... this is the big problem now... any ideas? he suggests maybe a previous wreck or somthing.... i cant carfax it since its jdm specs and theres no evidence of it happening.
as you can see im in germany, where getting any part for this car is damn near impossible and the last thing i need is to get a new subframe! any ideas would help..
and now the nightmare begins.... new stance coilovers... new tie rods.... I take them to my first shop to get the car aligned.... I get out of the shop and drive home and have a crazy drag to the left.....
problem 1...now i really get to start driving it.... after about 30seconds, I notice that every time i let off the gas, it make a single clunking noise... not the differential, but more like the subframe smacking against the car....i tap the gas again and the frame smacks? maybe subframe bushings or im screwed?
problem 1.5.... also, when i installed the coilovers, i triple checked they were all even... i start driving and notice my right rear tire scrapes a little on hard lefts... no biggie..... but to add to it, every time i shift into 5th at a low rpm, i get a highish pitch rumble from the right rear-ish area...
problem 2.. I am driving home from work, understeer and hit a curb... it throws my alignment off a little, so I decide to take it to a more reputable shop... they get it and freak out... what was supposed to be a routine alignment, takes 3 whole days to get it almost perfect.... i get it back and both of my front wheels are back towards the fender more, and i cant make a hard left without my tire eating frame...... maybe they messed with my tension rods? not to mention my steering is harder to turn now, and the auto return is getting weaker...
problem 3... the mechanic points out something i never noticed... my rear axle is off... the left rear wheel is about 1in from the fender and the right is about 1 1/2in from the fender... bad shit... and im pretty sure i dont have HICAS.... this is the big problem now... any ideas? he suggests maybe a previous wreck or somthing.... i cant carfax it since its jdm specs and theres no evidence of it happening.
as you can see im in germany, where getting any part for this car is damn near impossible and the last thing i need is to get a new subframe! any ideas would help..