I changed my rear gears, and added a posi last weekend, and my friend pointed somthing out to me. My left tire sticks out from the fender about 2in farther than the right tire when viewed from behind. Its very obvious if you look at the bottom of each rear quarter and where it aligns on the tire from behind. I checked out the whole rear subframe and nothing appeared to be obviously bent or skewed. My right rear quarter is dented really badly but I dont think it warped the whole thing enought to make it look like the tire is sticking out farther. What could possibly be wrong? Could the entire subframe itself be warped? Could something else be really messed up? Or is that dented fender the only possible cause? Thanks in advance

 

Err.. if the work was done right, then it's either been whacked real good to shift the rear over or the quarter isn't true. Start checking suspension geometry and you'll likely find the culprit.
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Incidentally, I've had two GTAs that were off to the left a bit, but not 2" worth.

 

Is it stock ride height? 'Cause dont forget if you lowered it too, if you dont get an adjustable panhard rod it'll do that.

 

Mine does that. It's really noticable with big tires.

 

panhard rod. make sure it's in right, and you didn't leave it out or put it in wrong somehow.
if all is well, buy yourself (or make yourself) and adjustable one.

 

Its lowered about 1 in in the front and lifted 3in in the rear. Would the lift and panhard rod cause it to do this. The panhard rod is the diagonal rod running across the rearend right. I am a fabricator so making an adjustable one wouldn't be to bad if this is the cause, can someone point me somewhere so i make it right? Someone who has made their own before maybe.

 

Yeah, that's teh panhard. And yeah lifting it 3" would do it. Try searching the fabbing forum for info. There has to be tons.

 

look at the adjustable ones made by the aftermarket (read: Spohn), a glance should let you know how it'll work. Give yourself 4" of adjustment and you should be fine. A chunk of 1/8" wall pipe/tube should work, with some threaded rod style adjustment in the middle or something. Maybe use rod ends instead of the bushing holes in the sides

 

do you have front/rear specific wheels? if you have a front and rear wheel on teh back i could see that possably hapening.

 

umm ya I have rally tires but you would have to be a serious dumbass to mix them up lol. Plus the fronts havent been off in ages. Thanks evryone else...will be checking the fabbing forum and spohn.

 

Haha that's not what he meant. He was talking about the wheels where there are two for the front and two for the rear. And they are different wheels, not just different tires.

 

umm yes my rims are different front to rear, we call them rally wheels/rims here idk if you have a different name for them. The front rim center is sunken about half as far as the rear. Hence why I said i could never mix the front/rears up since they have such a different appearance due to the rims.

 

Ok, that's all well and good, but you didnt say rally rims, you said rally tires.

 

A 2" shift on a 1" drop is excessive imnsho. I don't think the radius is that abrupt.

 

It was a 2" shift on a 3" lift that did it!!!

He dropped the front 1"

 

Uh, guys. It's only a 1 inch shift. If it sticks out 2 inches more on one side, and you shifted it back 2", it would just stick out the same ammount on the other side.

Plus, if you're just talking about the panhard, since the angle is so small, a 2" shift on a 2" drop would be impossible anyway. A 1" shift on a 3" lift? Possible..?