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Old 28-09-2004 | 11:20 AM
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does anyone make these???

i cant afford £150 on 2 new tyres every 2 months

i need to adjust the camber to pull the front wheels in slightly
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Seen plenty of them in the rally game Also seen some proper ones fabricated up too......

It dosn't look such a difficult job to do either. I'll ask around for you, unless you have a spare wishbone to send me to play about with
Old 28-09-2004 | 05:26 PM
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i have a pair of wishbones mate.

that would be fantastic if you could sort something, also, if you did, i know alot of other people that would be interested in some.

not sure how much they need to come in by, but cant be much.

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Old 28-09-2004 | 05:31 PM
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A rose joint or two should be suffficient
Old 28-09-2004 | 05:44 PM
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yeah, but it needs to pull the wheel in slightly aswell, cos its the inner edges that wear out quick, when they are lowered it screws the camber.

will rose joints chip my teeth lol???
Old 28-09-2004 | 05:46 PM
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i too would be intersted to find out about these!
Old 28-09-2004 | 05:53 PM
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Nuts where abouts near warrington are you as i drive round warrington most days delivering and i could drop you a pair of knackered arms off for you to mess with

Fudge how much is your car lowered and what size rims do you have??

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mate, its lowered 40mm at the front, and running 205/40/17's

do you get this prob???

on my cabby, that was lowered 60mm and seemed ok???!!!???
Old 28-09-2004 | 06:11 PM
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Knackered ones would be a waste of time - as they may be bent

Slightly north of Warrington Simon ..... do you get round Wigan much
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ive got some i know aint bent

they were just very cheap shit and the bushes went
Old 28-09-2004 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by NUTS RuS
Knackered ones would be a waste of time - as they may be bent

Slightly north of Warrington Simon ..... do you get round Wigan much
the bushes are gone in them thats what i mean by knackered if thats any help i doubt very much if they are bent.

and i can get to wigan no problem i live in atherton but work in A in M but we have a driver that delivers in wigan if you pm me where you want them sent i will send you a pair

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Originally Posted by fudgeass
mate, its lowered 40mm at the front, and running 205/40/17's

do you get this prob???

on my cabby, that was lowered 60mm and seemed ok???!!!???
mines lowered 40mm all round but its only on 15" rims it used to scrub like fook on the edges so i changed the arms and had the tracking done and its fine now

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So we could also look at making some new solid nylon bushes then

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Old 28-09-2004 | 08:14 PM
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Tony pm'd you back

fudge no need to send any the ones im passing on were for your benefit i dont need any making

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cool, thanks mate

ill buy you a beer at a show or something??
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Trans Auto Sport (TAS) in Preston/Leyland sell adjustable T.C.A's similar to the one's you guys are after.....they consist of a modified standard arm with a double adjustable rose joint in place of the inner bush.....proper set-up requires the use of a compression strut, the removal of your standard anti-roll bar....bit expense...

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