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Brisbane
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May 2002
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MA61 coilovers: installed!
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Sun, 02 January 2005 10:17
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Well, sort of.
I got them in and everything bolted up fine... except for the tie-rod ends. I rooted the threads when I bashed them out of the steering arms, but they needed replacing anyway so that's no big deal - it just means I can't drive the car until I get new ones. 
However, I did notice a bigger problem: the MX83 steering arms I'm using aren't as thick as the MA61 steering arms, so the threaded section that goes through the steering arm (I suck at describing stuff like this) is too short, so even if I could get the nut back on there I wouldn't be able to tighten it properly. I hope that makes sense, but the point is I can't use the MA61 tie-rod ends any more. Obviously the MX83 tie-rod ends will work with the MX83 steering arms, but the question is will they work with the MA61 steering rack? Anyone have any idea? If someone could measure the thread pitch and diameter of an MX83 steering rack before I fork out for new ones I would be most grateful!
Anyway, I put the wheels on and lowered the car on the ground to see how it looks. Um... pictures speak a thousand words, so take a look:
As you can see, the offset of the wheels is all bad, and the camber is clearly several degrees positive. In other words, it's all bad! I'm hoping the camber can be corrected by camber pins, but getting those tyres back inside the guards will require new rims with higher offset (currently +25).
Heaps more photos HERE (thanks to Wastegate, my official photographer  ).
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MA61 coilovers: installed!
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Norbie | Sun, 02 January 2005 10:17 |
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BlackSupra | Sun, 02 January 2005 10:24 |
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Norbie | Sun, 02 January 2005 10:34 |
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oldcorollas | Sun, 02 January 2005 11:11 |
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Alchemist | Sun, 02 January 2005 13:40 |
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DTrain | Sun, 02 January 2005 15:48 |
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rsdeo | Sun, 02 January 2005 16:49 |
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Norbie | Mon, 03 January 2005 00:45 |
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bbaacchhyy | Mon, 03 January 2005 00:53 |
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gianttomato | Mon, 03 January 2005 02:02 |
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gianttomato | Sun, 02 January 2005 22:16 |
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Norbie | Mon, 03 January 2005 00:49 |
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Norbie | Mon, 03 January 2005 02:48 |
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CrUZsida | Mon, 03 January 2005 07:45 |
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bbaacchhyy | Mon, 03 January 2005 21:00 |
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mrshin | Mon, 03 January 2005 03:06 |
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V8_MA61 | Mon, 03 January 2005 04:34 |
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Norbie | Mon, 03 January 2005 09:39 |
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Norbie | Mon, 03 January 2005 22:54 |
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bbaacchhyy | Mon, 03 January 2005 23:00 |
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buccy | Tue, 04 January 2005 01:53 |
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Norbie | Tue, 04 January 2005 10:11 |
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demuire | Tue, 04 January 2005 02:20 |
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Stefan | Tue, 04 January 2005 10:53 |
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Norbie | Tue, 04 January 2005 12:36 |
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bbaacchhyy | Tue, 04 January 2005 20:15 |
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bbaacchhyy | Fri, 07 January 2005 01:09 |
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demuire | Tue, 04 January 2005 11:12 |
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Norbie | Fri, 07 January 2005 01:15 |
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bbaacchhyy | Fri, 07 January 2005 01:24 |
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Norbie | Fri, 07 January 2005 01:34 |
