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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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Default 4x4 front legs on 2wd?

What's different and what will the results be?
Full assembly used.... hubs, struts and top mounts.

Do they make the geometry different at all anyway?
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 07:57 AM
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Are the 4x4 front shockers bigger tan a 2wd.
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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the shocks are thicker on the 4wd ones than the 2wd cars
the geometry is drivied from the arb as it's a different shape to the 2wd cars

i know that puttin ghte 2wd arb onto my 4wd car made it much better around corners, but a right fucker to drive in a straight line, it was following every little line int he road, even painted lines wold cause it to tramline like it was going to go into the scenery

the arb lasted about 2 weeks before i deicde it wasn't worth the risk of crashing everytime i needed to blink
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by dojj
the shocks are thicker on the 4wd ones than the 2wd cars
the geometry is drivied from the arb as it's a different shape to the 2wd cars

i know that puttin ghte 2wd arb onto my 4wd car made it much better around corners, but a right fucker to drive in a straight line, it was following every little line int he road, even painted lines wold cause it to tramline like it was going to go into the scenery

the arb lasted about 2 weeks before i deicde it wasn't worth the risk of crashing everytime i needed to blink
I've put 4x4 front legs onto a 2WD.... will this have the same effect as what you did?

What aspect of the geometry is actually altered?
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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It's the castor that is altered.
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tabetha
It's the castor that is altered.
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So it should have lots more now? Ideal for drifting

Any ideas on how much more?
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