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saph cos - -25mm / konis undrivable garbage. help? :(

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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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hello, i have a 2wd saph cos with -25mm chassis dynamics, koni shocks, 17" with 205/45 tyres.
why oh why oh why is it trying to rip my arches out when cornering and pulling into petrol stations/driveway etc on lock.. im fairly certain all the front end bushes are worn, and none are poly - there is also a clunk from the front end which was wrongly diagnosed as a strut problem from a garage (replaced and still clunks). would this cause this problem? i have seen cossies lower than mine with no problems at all.

im getting seriously narked off with it

thanks for any help, im in the dark place of cossie ownership at the moment.
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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If all your bushes are worn then thats probley why it's catching the arches and making the clunking sound to much play in them id get them changed if i were you as it will only get worse
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 02:41 PM
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17" with 205/45 tyres.


on Cossie's running 17" I use 40 profile tyres and 35's on 18" 45's on a 16" 50's on 15" alloys with NO problems
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 02:58 PM
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absolutely correct, my bad. i do have 40 profile.
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 02:59 PM
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i will price up a set of bushes, sounds like an expensive excercise this :s
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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plus you need to make sure your wheels have the correct offset because if stick out to much will catch archs also





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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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[quote="rsjohn"]plus you need to make sure your wheels have the correct offset because if stick out to much will catch archs also





good point
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