ShortyNavros
Member
Hey Guys,
Recently I have realised that winding up my torsion bars about 40mm has meant that getting a proper wheel alignment is damn near impossible.
I generally have my torsion bars about 545mm (centre of wheel to guard) this gives me about 40mm down travel to full droop which is 585mm, I have no serious need of down travel as I have a front locker and raising the front is purely cosmetic and to fit bigger rubber. I have since wound my torsion bars back to 535mm in the hope I can get a semi decent wheel alignment, but basically the guy from the tyre place said I would need aftermarket UCAs to get a proper alignment.
I would prefer to keep my tyres properly aligned to ensure they last and hence I may need to invest in either some calmini UCAs or 4x4parts UCAs, I know superior engineering sell them here and while they look good, the cost a small fortune compared to the other two stated previously.
So my question is can anybody with aftermarket UCAs on a D22 measure their full droop height centre of wheel to wheel arch? I would prefer to keep my cv angles as low as possible and getting UCAs for me is purely just to get a proper wheel alignment.
And yes I realise I could wind back down but the rear is lift to about 565-570mm centre of wheel to arch and I have 265/75/16 yoko geolandars on a mickey thompson alloy 16x8 with 0 offset.
Any opinions on this matter? My concern is their legality but I have heard you can get them certified by mod plater so it seems like that would fine for my purpose.
Shorty
Recently I have realised that winding up my torsion bars about 40mm has meant that getting a proper wheel alignment is damn near impossible.
I generally have my torsion bars about 545mm (centre of wheel to guard) this gives me about 40mm down travel to full droop which is 585mm, I have no serious need of down travel as I have a front locker and raising the front is purely cosmetic and to fit bigger rubber. I have since wound my torsion bars back to 535mm in the hope I can get a semi decent wheel alignment, but basically the guy from the tyre place said I would need aftermarket UCAs to get a proper alignment.
I would prefer to keep my tyres properly aligned to ensure they last and hence I may need to invest in either some calmini UCAs or 4x4parts UCAs, I know superior engineering sell them here and while they look good, the cost a small fortune compared to the other two stated previously.
So my question is can anybody with aftermarket UCAs on a D22 measure their full droop height centre of wheel to wheel arch? I would prefer to keep my cv angles as low as possible and getting UCAs for me is purely just to get a proper wheel alignment.
And yes I realise I could wind back down but the rear is lift to about 565-570mm centre of wheel to arch and I have 265/75/16 yoko geolandars on a mickey thompson alloy 16x8 with 0 offset.
Any opinions on this matter? My concern is their legality but I have heard you can get them certified by mod plater so it seems like that would fine for my purpose.
Shorty