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It's lifted, now it's squirelly

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Re: It's lifted, now it's squirelly
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2007, 08:17:32 PM »
Whoa dude  :o

Anyway, back on topic. Home grown lifts that use coil spacers or longer springs DO NOT usually have privision to correct the castor and this makes them wonder all over the road and feel like they do not want to steer straight - CASTOR IS IMPORTANT. The bigger the lift the worse it is.

Just my 2c  :-\

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Re: It's lifted, now it's squirelly
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2007, 10:37:20 PM »
Sold my brother my '96 when I bought my '03.  He came to STL to visit and I swapped my 235s from the old one to the new one and sent him back off to Michigan with the new tires.  He calls me a week later asking what might make the thing shake and wiggle like crazy driving down the road.  Never had a problem myself.  I throw lots of ideas at him....

..turns out the lug nuts on two of the wheels were never tightened past finger-tight...

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Re: It's lifted, now it's squirelly
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2007, 12:33:37 AM »
Hey beercheck - your relationship with your brother is not on shakey ground is it  ??? . Are you sure you did not leave a few nuts loose on purpose  ;) LOL

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1600 Escudo / Kick, beam front, coils all round, 37 MTR's, 97" wheelbase, locked fr & rr,twin stick, front stock ratio, Calmini 5.14 t box rear, Warn XD9000i winch, blah blah!

2.0 V6 auto, Calmini 3" kit, 33" jandles, LT struts, blah blah

2.5 V6 man GV, Calmini 2.5" kit, 235/85x16 jandle
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Re: It's lifted, now it's squirelly
« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2007, 06:34:41 PM »
I'm doing 1.5" inch lift with coil spacers, I wrote to KYB and they gave me the part number for 50mm longer rear shocks but no luck on front struts. :-\  Anyone have any recomendations, I would like to aviod strut spacers if at all possible?
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Re: It's lifted, now it's squirelly
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2007, 06:42:39 AM »
Quote from: Cuthulu on July 03, 2007, 06:34:41 PM
I'm doing 1.5" inch lift ...
...I would like to avoid strut spacers if at all possible
For what reason?
Flipping the strut mount and adding a .5" - 1" spacer will give you a perfect amount, and you could pull it off for about $25. I used 3-bolt 2.5" exhaust flanges as spacers, they're the exact shape as the strut mount, stacked 2 together, used longer 3/8" grade 8 bolts and I got the extra 2" of down travel I needed, but didn't lose any up-travel(there is unused up-travel in a stock setup, 2")
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Re: It's lifted, now it's squirelly
« Reply #20 on: July 04, 2007, 05:56:32 PM »
Quote from: Cuthulu on July 03, 2007, 06:34:41 PM
I'm doing 1.5" inch lift with coil spacers, I wrote to KYB and they gave me the part number for 50mm longer rear shocks but no luck on front struts. :-\  Anyone have any recomendations, I would like to aviod strut spacers if at all possible?
I used strut spacers and they are working fine.
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Re: It's lifted, now it's squirelly
« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2007, 07:42:18 AM »
Quote from: ZeusZuki on June 29, 2007, 08:17:32 PM
Whoa dude  :o

Anyway, back on topic. Home grown lifts that use coil spacers or longer springs DO NOT usually have privision to correct the castor and this makes them wonder all over the road and feel like they do not want to steer straight - CASTOR IS IMPORTANT. The bigger the lift the worse it is.

Just my 2c  :-\

ZeusZuki  8)

So where do I get the necessary parts to correct CASTOR? 
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94 Escudo, 1.6 ltr 16v, 1.5" spacer lift, 31's 
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