Prelude motegi rear suspension issues. Wobbly and bouncy

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:38 pm

maybe something amiss then mine is rock solid and very manouverable

rallyeluke · Post by **rallyeluke** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:40 pm

the chassis is on 150k so stuff will be tired. I am doing a full refresh of all droplinks and d bushes on the arbs and new shocks and springs.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:41 pm

the rubbers last a long time aftermarket stuff doesnt tend to so just get under them and check them all

rallyeluke · Post by **rallyeluke** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:43 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221204289925
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141470059884
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400732504662 (are these rear d bushes? says 23 on them which I imagine is mm)

do these parts look right for the motegi?

rallyeluke · Post by **rallyeluke** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:44 pm

The front drop link rubber is deteriorated and perished, the rear d bushes look oval and dry and perished

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:46 pm

i am not sure if the front bar isnt 24mm i think the rear bar is 23mm someone will be along who knows soon

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:06 am

if you got a few mins, pop up to mine bud, ill take a look. in my opinion going by what you say about its instability, i would say its an alignment issue or ball joints on the back end causing the problem

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:50 am

read this lucas.

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/prelude ... t1088.html

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:27 am

honda-hardy wrote:i would say its an alignment issue

This is what I was going to suggest. I would take the car to get its wheel alignment checked. You will need to lock off the rear wheels in order to get them aligned properly. There are 4WS locking pins for sale on the forum.

If the wheel alignment isn't good it will ruin the handling and make the car feel awful.