Wtf happened to my front wheels!!!

[callum_tdi]

Earlier in this thread it was said that you should only have the gold top hat thing. How is that possible when you need the strut bearings, and they are located in the chunky rubber jawn. Also don't you need the metal piece that sits below the rubber thing? It seems like everyone has a different opinion

its been said to only use the gold as apposed to using the standard one with it so theres not two top hats on one struts as he had done in the pic befor it goes top hat,bearing,bush,nut

[Robski92]

Why is this not fixed yet.

[Hunch]

Still not fixed?


There must be multiple parts to this movie. I am now waiting for the sequel.

[Clean PG]

Still not fixed?


There must be multiple parts to this movie. I am now waiting for the sequel.

x2, i feel like we're all being trolled

[Zach!]

The fact that you haven't figured this out yet leads me to believe that you should never be working on a car.

[mark6kevin]

The fact that you haven't figured this out yet leads me to believe that you should never be working on a car.

[Reptar210]

Yea problem is still there took it to a shop the guy couldn't come up with a solution. Still waiting for my control arms. Anyone have any input on the idf camber adjustable control arms?

[eurolife]

Did you ever check the ball joints? and make sure they were on the right side?

[boradie sucht]

The fact that you haven't figured this out yet leads me to believe that you should never be working on a car.

[Zach!]

Glad I could be your first post babe

[Reptar210]

Did you ever check the ball joints? and make sure they were on the right side?

Yes did verify that and that the studs were not bent.

[son of planrforrobert]

Anyone have any input on the idf camber adjustable control arms?

I have them on my car and they work great...but don't view them as a way to fix whatever is going on with your car.

And even if you wanted to use them to fix this, they don't have enough of an adjustment to fix your massive positive camber

[jembebob]

So why no positive camber in this picture from your other thread...??

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...-enough-camber

[weezer93]

is this still not fixed? holy sheet

[akrazyassho]

So why no positive camber in this picture from your other thread...??

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...-enough-camber

^^ This needs an answer...

[Kuncle20]

I see positive camber.. Nowhere near as much as the pictures on pg.1 but maybe thats just me..

[Twilliams83]

Lol

[Reptar210]

Yea defenetly can't tell as bad, that is weird but yes the problem is still there, ecstuning is slacking on my shipment, I'm thinking of going up to austinveedub to pick up a subframe so I can roll that out. People are thinking the previous owner hit a curb or someone hit him, and he hit a curb

[dopesauce]

Yea defenetly can't tell as bad, that is weird but yes the problem is still there, ecstuning is slacking on my shipment, I'm thinking of going up to austinveedub to pick up a subframe so I can roll that out. People are thinking the previous owner hit a curb or someone hit him, and he hit a curb

I HIGHLY doubt he hit a curb two separate times to do the same exact amount of damage on each side of the car...

[Reptar210]

I HIGHLY doubt he hit a curb two separate times to do the same exact amount of damage on each side of the car...

No no silly, and yea I do highly doubt this but maybe he hit a curb pretty hard that it messed the subframe up, idk man... When this is how long a problem lasts.l. It makes you wonder

[automan89]

**** it. im in too...

[hfiles2011]

troll thread is troll thread

[Reptar210]

troll thread is troll thread

Hahaa ya I fuhking wish... All this low just sitting their...

If a sub frame and control arms don't fix it.... Wtf are the chances both spindles are bent?

[Reptar210]

still there pretty bad, hard to tell through a rock camera. but even on long beaches its pretty noticable.

[MechEngg]

Not hard to tell at all, that is utterly ridiculous. Have you put your stock suspension back in? That would rule out your struts entirely

[oakdub]

i can't even make sense of this situation any more.

[Reptar210]

Not hard to tell at all, that is utterly ridiculous. Have you put your stock suspension back in? That would rule out your struts entirely

yes did put the original front struts in, but i rolled that out along time ago, because even before i put the ultimos on, the positive camber was still there, but very mild because of the 15x6.5's. the tires had bad wear on the outsides as well.

[oakdub]

put a level to your wheel and measure the camber degree.

[Reptar210]

still waiting on control arms ffs...

if that doesnt work than going to Austinveedub to pick up a sub frame. if that **** dont work.... anyone have a mark 4 front end they want to donate?

[Reptar210]

Not hard to tell at all, that is utterly ridiculous. Have you put your stock suspension back in? That would rule out your struts entirely

if you think you can see it bad in these pic's in real life you would fuhkin flip.... shizz looks nappy! hah

[Reptar210]

put a level to your wheel and measure the camber degree.

i have a ****ty inaccurate phone app that is saying +2.65

[oakdub]

i have a ****ty inaccurate phone app that is saying +2.65

You need to do it properly, get a flat block of wood and then calibrate the phone against it when its on the ground since you want to measure the camber relative to the floor. Then put it up against the wheel. +2.5 doesn't seem too far off though.

[MechEngg]

yes did put the original front struts in, but i rolled that out along time ago, because even before i put the ultimos on, the positive camber was still there, but very mild because of the 15x6.5's. the tires had bad wear on the outsides as well.

Run out and take a measurement of your strut towers, the center of one to the center of the other. I will get a measurement tonight and we can see if the strut towers are within spec or if they are pushed out due to an accident or something. Would be cheaper to check than just order a subframe. Also pictures of your subframe might help determine if it had been bent up at all

[zrau17]

Take the front wheels off and the brakes, try to get a picture looking from the front of the car at the spindles. Based on everything I've read and the pictures you posted, the ball joints should be fine, you seem to have figured out the correct order of the assembling the struts, and the control arms don't really look bent. From what I can remember looking at spindles, the arm that reaches out to where the strut mounts should be over 90 degrees to the rest of the spindle where the hub sits. Meaning, if the strut mounting arm looks perpendicular to the hub, it's bent.

My vote is spindled. Seen a car with a camber issue one side before, and that was the problem. Maybe the chances are slim that both sides got messed up, but any chance is still a chance.

[treejetta]

Your **** is ****ed dude.

Hope you can figure this out though