Prelude handling poorly

[Vtecmec]

I've been there too....... Though without major incident.

[stefan]

When did this start happening? After you removed the 4WS?

Well, that also difficult to say. I bought car on february last year, and on second day i nearly crushed it (on the corner, i had maybe 30 miles on hour) on the very end I hit the curb ( by the right side of the car) first front wheel, than back. After that i thought, something is wrong , and i've checked alignment(which was wrong). But after alignment was still bad, so my idea was shocks absorbers are gone, and then i bought my coilovers. It was still wrong, so my next thought was 4ws. I bought conversion kit 4 to 2ws, also for make a good job i bought all bushings new (yellow poly) new drop links, poly anti roll bar bushes. Next point after conversion, was alignment. I've done alignment twice, to be sure is ok. But car is still fatal to drive. I also change brakes for ( one of thought was maybe some caliper hold the disc) but all what i done , gave me nothing. So next i try preload on the springs, but i really losing hope to fix that. My lude cost me 18 hundreds plus up to this time i spend for it about 8 grand, and i'm scared use it. I feel so bad with this.

Of course i checked all suspension arms did they are not bend after my accident, but they are all looks good ( i didn't hit to strong) and alignment was correct . I didn't change nothing on front suspension apart shocks. I also checked all suspension in the garage on the shaking machine and guys did not found nothing wrong. I checked steering rack as well(is no any loose on it).

But is one strange thing. I hear some noise when i drive slowly and turning left or right. I was thought it that from rear rack (electric motor) but after remove 4ws i still hear that noise

Im sorry for my not very good english, and i hope you will understund all

@stefan I have split out this into a separate thread.

Thank you .

[stefan]

Mucked around with the rear anti roll bar? That can make things very unpredictable. I remember what mine was like when it was snapped.

Thing mark on red was bent, So straighten it

Check the front radius rods where they connect to the front crossmember

What that ??

[Merlin]

Do you have a copy of your last wheel alignment sheet you can show us?


Radius rods

[stefan]

Do you have a copy of your last wheel alignment sheet you can show us?

No. My clever girlfriend threw it away
All what was wrong, it was camber. It was about -1 degree on each side. I'm thinking about check alignment again in different garage . I will check those rods later on and let you know .

[NafemanNathan]

You haven't mentioned your wheels... Are they 100% true, even after hitting the kerb sideways?

[stefan]

You haven't mentioned your wheels... Are they 100% true, even after hitting the kerb sideways?

I bought new wheels, after this happened.

here are pics of rims, which hit the kerb
front:


and rear:





I also checked those front rods, they looks fine they tight

@nitin_s1 it was your friend car, maybe you know something what could help me find the problem ? I'm really desperate

[NafemanNathan]

Did you replace all four lower control arms when you did the 2WS conversion?

[stefan]

Did you replace all four lower control arms when you did the 2WS conversion?

4? never . I replace only those ones where the steering rack was. So it was 2 of them

[NafemanNathan]

I meant the two fronts and two rears. I thought you'd replaced the rears, but wasn't sure about the fronts.