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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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hi there how do u set up adjustable tcas ???????????
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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just wind the nut in and out, to make it longer or shorter.
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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actually i didnt explain anything there, sorry haha
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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i find a good road setting is to adjust them so when the wheel is on and settled that the top is 10mm in compared to the bottom and a simple way to do this is to get a piece of wood/steel etc that is same size as wheel and put a spirit level on it touching bottom of wheel and adjust the wood/level to straight and measure gap at top between wood and wheel till you get required setting
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 05:57 PM
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lovely i will give it a try thay arrived today so will be messing around over the weekend and see what difference it makes i hope it does cos fed up of scrubbing inside of tyre out in 3 months
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 06:14 PM
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best thing you can do is spend some cash on getting a proper alignment job done after you fit them. if u do the method as above you may still end up rubbin tyres away then you have spent on adjustable tca's and now 2 sets of tyres and then finally a proper wheel alignment when you get fed up in the end.

i fitted adjustable tca's, pollybushes and coilovers set as low/high as i wanted the car and then paid for a proper set up at awesome gti, after that car drove spot on, no excessive tyre wear, steared where i asked it to.

honestly take it somewhere that can do a proper job rather then a stick on your drive, save yourself money in the longrun!

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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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take it somw where proper that does corner balencing and the job lot
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Where did you get the adjustable tca's from? and how much are they??

I currently have front coil overs, would it be worth getting adjustable top mounts as well as atca's? And then a corner weighting session.

Cheers

Rob,
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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@ Rob,give Tony (Nuts R us) in my sig a call.Regards,Micky
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 04:01 PM
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yeah take it to someone reputable to set it up properly
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