Why o why did i have to hit that curb!!

[kouki_attic =b]

CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEEEAASSSEE...I HAVE A S14 AND I JUS BOUGHT ADJUSTIBLE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS FOR IT CUZ I KINDA SMASHED THE STOCK ONES HAHA :doh: AND I ALREADY HAVE ADJUSTIBLE TIE RODS TOO BUT I TOOK IT TO THE ALIGNMENT SHOP AND THEY COULDNT FIX THE NASTY TOE THEY SAID THE TIE RODS WERE LIKE TOO LONG AND THEY WERE ALREADY SCREWED ALL THE WAY IN AND COULDNT BE ADJUSTED ANYMORE SO IM STUCK WITH FREAKIN HORRIBLE TOE...I GO THROUGH A TIRE LIKE EVERY 4-5 DAYS DEPENDING ON HOW FAR I DRIVE..DOES ANYBODY KNO HOW I CAN FIX THIS?? THANKS.. :cry::confused:

[DriftVader]

caps makes everything seem so more important. sorry dude. buy stock arms again?....

[xs042lol]

if you want, i can sell you the stock arms for cheap. i have mine, bushings are great so you dont need to worry about replacing them.

Or just buy new ones

[I LUV MY S13]

so too much toe because of the tie rod? trim the inner tie rod shorter dummy

[fliprayzin240sx]

Rack centered?!?!

[Walperstyle]

lol the alignment shop is either stupid, or way too smart. Pics of damage.

[!Zar!]

Maybe the lower arm is too long? Make it shorter. Shouldn't be any longer than a s14 arm.

[devlmaycry]

Is it toe in or out, and is it on one or both tires?

My experience with most alignment shops is they have no idea how to use and work with adjustable components. If it's toe in you could have your lower control arms too short. Hope this helps a little.

[kouki_attic =b]

I would trim the tie rod if i was at home and not on stupid deployment with the navy dummy. I sure do hope the rack is still centered because that would suck if it wasnt. I cant post any pix right now but from looking at it the toe is in and its in more on the passenger side than the driver side. Yeah i figured out they dont know how to work on the LCA's when i wasted my money tryna get a alignment haha. I rather have the stock arms too but i just bought these because i couldnt find the stock ones anywhere which sucks..

[nismoracingsx]

Your posts give me headaches...biggest mistake deployed soldiers make...sending your car to a shop while you're gone = dumb.

Though aren't you guys only gone for like a few months at a time ;p.

[MANOlOS14]

Damn i've been in your position bout bending ur arms lol. Well for me i decided to put J30 arms since they looked the same so i thought but the arms are shorter. After looking at a few aftermarket arm specs it seems that they're not exactly around where the stock ones are, so my suggestion is, stock arms dude. Good luck man i know how it feels, stupid curbs y they gotta jump infront of us!!! lol

[Om1kron]

t6TTTHAxyyI

points and laughs.

[kouki_attic =b]

haha i dont mean to give you headaches man but im new to this whole fourms thingy..but i did get the answer i was looking for and i guess im gonna be buying stock arms again when i get home..thanks for the help peeps..and yes curbs do jump out in front of you haha..

but to answer your question about the deployments you are correct our months at a time like right now we are on a freakin 8 month deployment in the wack middle east and it blows in so many ways!!

[fishhouse]

i think we've all done the smash into a curb thing at least once. its likea right of passage into the 240 world.

[nismoracingsx]

No curbs for meh :D but i don't drift, lol.

[kouki_attic =b]

yeah that may be true because my friend did the same thing in his 13 except he fucked his rear lca up haha

[bb4_96]

Holy shit om1kron that is the funniest shit ive seen in a month. I think it was best that his old lady was like "OH SHIT!!!!!!!!"

[2fowtySX_KID]

lol fishhouse

funny vid Om1kron what's even funnier is the same thing happened to me less than a week ago and I have to replace a control arm and the tension rod broke...might as well get everything new : )

[devlmaycry]

Ah, deployment my last one was to Afghanistan a little over a year ago now. I would just have the car parked (if you can) and take it to the hobby shop on post when you get back. I'm not sure if the Navy has them or how they are equiped, but I know when I was at Polk the had a Hunter laser alignment machine in the shop. Cost 40$ and you could help the guy do it, plus then you knew it was done right.

[nismoracingsx]

CarCraft ftw on army posts =D

[kouki_attic =b]

damn i wish it was that easy for us but noooooo the navy insist on shafting us and giving us nothing i cant wait until i get out and become a citizen again life will be so much easier..

[sr24det]

so too much toe because of the tie rod? trim the inner tie rod shorter dummy

Sounds like a good idea to me, just run a nut up on the thread first so you can screw it back off to straiten the threads or you will never get the end back on.

What ends do you have that are so long?

[kouki_attic =b]

Sounds like a good idea to me, just run a nut up on the thread first so you can screw it back off to straiten the threads or you will never get the end back on.

What ends do you have that are so long?

the tie rods are too long =(

[singlecamslam]

I had a simililar problem where the tie rod became too short instead of too long, after replacing almost everything, in the end it was the rack and pinion, not sure how but it was all messed up causing one side to be longer than the other somehow.

Read it here. http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/269801-spl-tie-rod-install-gone-wrong.html