ok i didn't know where to post this so if im in the wrong forum just move it please


at the beginning of the winter i changed my summer tires for snow tires(205-55-16 to 205-55-16)
and i did a little safety inspection(every things was great)and a wheel alignment.The car is sitting on stock schocks and some sportlines
since i did all of the above the car fells unstable every bump,pot hole,etc....the car just want to jump out of its trajectory and the steering wheel
just feel loose in some kind of weird way and when i turn all the way left they re a weird sound(maybe rubbing i dunno)cv shaft?

so my questions is:why my car is so unstable?it felt good and stable before all of the above
and if i fabricate a "K-brace"where do i mount it?

some one as a pic and measurement of the "K-brace"?

thanks in advance!!



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*Pipoz* wrote:The car is sitting on stock schocks and some sportlines

And there is your problem. One of the lowest available lowering springs, on stock struts which aren't meant for lowering to begin with.

I did the same thing back in 2001. My friends wouldn't even get in it - It rode like hell until I got Koni struts which can handle the drop. Still rides nice, to this day.

Indeed, my car was on KYB GR-2s and Sportlines when I bought it, people flat out refused to ride with me. Pick up some good struts, like John mentioned and it will ride much better.

Here's my K bar















Paying someone to install parts and bragging about it being fast, is like watching someone bang your wife and being proud to raise their kids.

*Pipoz* wrote:The car is sitting on stock schocks and some sportlines....so my questions is:why my car is so unstable?

nice keyboard you got there!




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factory struts are mediocre at best. when you drop the car the way sportlines do, the struts physically cannot handle it. i rode around for a year like that. the car felt like utter @!#$ when compared with the same setup on a quality aftermarket adjustible strut. with factory struts the car will bounce terribly, follow whatever grooves are in the road, you will have to over-correct the steering wheel when hitting a bump, and it just flat out handles like crap. most people after a while experience blown out struts when lowering on factory struts, but my experience showed that only the driver's front went bad (im kinda a big guy, and at the time i was a lot heavier, so naturally that's the first one that will blow). in the year i had factory struts on sportlines i put about 15k miles on the car. i replaced the struts, set em close to full soft and wondered why i hadnt saved my money to do both at the same time, with strut mounts...

in summary, your problem is the stock struts. adding a k-brace will not fix your problem. save your money and buy a quality strut from a company like Tokico or Koni and definately consider replacing strut mounts as well. the car will feel 1000000X better. after that, then i'd start adding braces, larger sway bars and such.