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Old 05-27-2014, 04:05 AM
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Well Sounds like you are up and running. Hopefully things go smooth for this point forward.
Old 05-27-2014, 04:49 AM
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Thanks for all the help guys!

OGBULLY - that is what the guy who sold me the rack said. He said to just get it aligned and drive it around for a while and it should be good....but of course he sold me the rack so what would he say? On the other hand, he probably knows how pissed I would be if it is a bad rack, and realizes (I would hope) that I will be even MORE pissed if I pay for an alignment on his advice and it turns out to be a bad rack. The fact you had the same issue makes me feel more confident.

Thanks to everyone for your help and just letting me vent - Airbag, Sloop, 4D4, GSRob, OGBully - in no specific order.
Old 05-27-2014, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by jseklund
I just put on adjustable upper control arms....so I'm wondering if this is just an alignment issue. Everything else seems to be great...but I hate to have it aligned and then find out the rack was bad....
Yes…surely if you have just put on adjustable upper control arms you need to get the car aligned. You can only get so close with looking at the old parts.

One more thing many people fail to understand…many cars are cross aligned so that when you let go of the steering wheel they drift to the side of the road rather than go into oncoming traffic. I prefer NOT to have this done IAW the factory specifications if cross-aligned is the factory spec….
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