• Suspension
  • Coilovers installed now car feels funny lol - rear end feels like its swaying around (p.4)
2012/07/30 13:22:22
TRD2000
lol yeah sorry my mistake... duh...
2012/07/30 13:35:59
MRTurbo
I've got these, they're good: http://www.powergridinc.com/swaybar.asp
uses a sealed THK joint instead of a clunky rose-joint...
2012/07/30 13:53:25
purple5ive
/\ thats also sway bar end links.
im after these
https://technotoytuning.com/toyota/sw20/outer-tie-rods-sw20-mr2
they are used in conjunction with roll centre adjusters to adjust bumpsteer, without them the rca's wont work as well.
its either that or remove the rca's for me.
 
2012/07/30 14:01:42
MRTurbo
I think you should eliminate the likely cause of the problem, rather than adding more bits (cash) to try and fix it. 
2012/07/30 15:54:30
Cubits
So you've gotten that alignment?
2012/07/30 16:47:14
purple5ive
waiting on adj. cambertops., will get it after that. trying to do a few things in one go. if i cant find a resonably priced adjustable tie rod ends then the RCA's will be ditched.
i did drive the car on the weekend to my local mechanic 3 mins down the road to see if they can help with the damper adjustment nut that was stuck, they managed to half help me but it just needed some time with some wd40, it drives ok and is now quite stiffer after i fiddled with damper settings but i can still feel somethings not right in the rear end. feels wobbly lol, im sure the alignment is the majority of it, will have to wait couple of weeks for the cambertops to get here.
 
cheers
2012/07/30 16:52:47
purple5ive
MRTurbo

I think you should eliminate the likely cause of the problem, rather than adding more bits (cash) to try and fix it. 


after doing a lot of reading i figured out that excessively lowered cars def. benefit from running RCA's but for RCA's to work i need the adj. tie rod ends which is why im trying to source some before the adj. camber plates arrive and i can get the alignment done.
easy way out is not to use the RCA's which i might end up doing by the looks of it.
problem is i cant find much info on procuring any adj. tie rod ends for the sw20 locally. people who know somethign about it arent willing to help either.
cheers
2012/09/26 11:50:48
purple5ive
ok so the alignment was done, didnt get a sheet printout so dont know the numbers now but all wheels are sitting well
passenger front wheel had a lot of toe out but everythign else wasnt too bad
the car still has the rear end swaying, it has slightly gotten better but i can still feel it not settled
if i turn the steerign wheel from left to right while driving (like they do in the F1 races lol) its like its wobbling around/swaying in the back end a bit and then settles, front feels fine
i also noticed accelerating into a freeway entrance etc, the rear end is quiet bouncya nd quiet scary so i had to back off the throttle
 
the RCA.s are still in there as we decided to keep them on and see if the alignment fixed the issue..
 
the issue is only the rear is doing it, the front feels quite nice
 
could somethign else be out of whack in the rear???
 
didnt think changing over to coilovers were going to be this bad
 
also found out that i had cut springs in my previous suspension so it was quite firm, the oilovers i ahve now feel much softer
 
cheers
2012/09/26 13:39:16
TRD2000
Toe out on the rear?

Sounds to me like a damping issue on the back given the bouncy thing. Try tightening up the rebound damping a bit and see if it makes a difference, if it doesn't then try the compression..... But remember try one thing at a time so you know whats affected the change.
2012/09/26 13:48:27
purple5ive
they are all TOE in now thats much i know but cant remember how much.
im not sure about how to adjust the compression on the shocks
for the damping i have a cliker thing on the top of the coilovers which i can adjust
will be trying that soon
this is driving me mad, hope i havent got dud coilovers.
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