I read on another post about a Baer bump steer kit. I have lowered my car with Bell tech spindles to avoid any alterations to the geometry but I think this kit may help me?

But I'm no expert. I do know that when we were done lowering it the tie rods were at the max for adjustment. It does seem to steer a little different now.

Any help on this kit would or a price on it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance

t

 

yes, lowering your car will effect the bump steer to some extent. bump steer is the change in your toe in settings during suspension travel. now that you have lowered your car, this effect has made more amount of bump steer which will probably make the car alittle more twichy and less predictable, not to mention the loss in speed from scrubbing the tires. you could always plot the suspension and make aluminum spacers to put in between the tierod and spindle, but it is probably easier to just get the kit for it. hope this helps

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I have been advised from an ex racer that the anti bump steer kit is really un necessary unless you full out race. For an everyday driver you wont notice a difference. Plus if since you lowered the car with the spindles you are in a better boat than the guys that have cut or replaced only their springs. I consider the drop spindles to be better than everything else because there isnt any geometry change. So you should only notice the car handles better without any "twitchyness"

James

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thanks for the help, twitchy is a good word to describe the steering. It also feels that I have lost some up and down travel. When the car goes over a bump it feels like a couple of people jump on the hood!!

They say that a wheel alignment is advised after getting the spindles...no ****. My wheels were pointing in opposite directions!

The tie rods were turned until each bolt touched. The alignment guy said it was pretty close but I wasn't too concerned with it because of the tires I had, now that I am going to 17"s im a little more concerned.


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