As some may have read already on another thread, I upgraded vom stock-suspension to BMR. This swap was initiated by 2 problems:
1. Problem: the lower control arms were badly rusted and I feared that they might break on the next streetbumps. Here's what the better one looked like:
2. Problem: I sometimes had the impression like my car was a little tilt in the front. Not much, only a few centimeters. So I measured both sides with the car on even ground. Here's the result measured on the fenders. The frame reflected this imbalance.
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As soon as I had pulled the left suspension off the car, I discovered that the bushings only looked good, but the process of dismounting showed that these bushings were there, because they had no way to go. The pictures speak for themselves I think.
BUT the one thing that bakes my noodle is this:
If the bushings on both sides were this bad, and the control arms heavily corroded, could this really induce a serious drop of ride-height? The reason I am asking is not only the obvious tilt, but also the fact that lifting the car in the front with a carjack and then putting it back kept the car about 2-3 inch higher than the actual ride height. I do understand that there might be an inch for normal "play", but here we talk about 2-3 inch. And the last "drop" only came once the front suspension starts moving over uneven ground.
What are your thoughts and experiences about this?
1. Problem: the lower control arms were badly rusted and I feared that they might break on the next streetbumps. Here's what the better one looked like:
2. Problem: I sometimes had the impression like my car was a little tilt in the front. Not much, only a few centimeters. So I measured both sides with the car on even ground. Here's the result measured on the fenders. The frame reflected this imbalance.
As soon as I had pulled the left suspension off the car, I discovered that the bushings only looked good, but the process of dismounting showed that these bushings were there, because they had no way to go. The pictures speak for themselves I think.
BUT the one thing that bakes my noodle is this:
If the bushings on both sides were this bad, and the control arms heavily corroded, could this really induce a serious drop of ride-height? The reason I am asking is not only the obvious tilt, but also the fact that lifting the car in the front with a carjack and then putting it back kept the car about 2-3 inch higher than the actual ride height. I do understand that there might be an inch for normal "play", but here we talk about 2-3 inch. And the last "drop" only came once the front suspension starts moving over uneven ground.
What are your thoughts and experiences about this?
a few weeks before I pulled it all out, the car started to scratch the fender-wells at the front when going over a bump. but still no clunking noise... The coil springs were visually intact, but I replaced them as well, even the shocks ^^
