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Hey guys, can anyone confirm if this is alright? I know I asked before but i just need reassurance that this is fine, because it is loud.....i mean....."hear it in the car with the windows up and over engine noise" loud. I cant even make it sound as loud as it is when it is the car...

What basics don't i understand? I understand that -2 deg of camber isn't stock so I am trying to find out why. What other method would you suggest to achieve the same? Its not an ever changing problem either.....if you look at the readings of when the new shocks went on, you will see the...

eh? hold on..........all i want is factory spec......right? Factory spec isnt -2 degrees of camber is it? The only thing i changed was the shocks last night, yeah? And now the camber is back closer to spec and the car feels much nicer. What is the problem with that? FYI.....these shocks...

Ok......you are going to like this. Original.....and possibly quite sleepy shocks put back in. Top mounts assembled exactly the same order...... Camber down to LH:-0.76 RH:-0.90 as opposed to roughly -2.0 each side. Car still slightly skittish but in a different league. I have a rack bush on...

Right oh.......i replaced the old top mounts out of curiosity........ It feels.....umm......different. Time will tell tomorrow when the guys check it again. :/ J

Right.....looking at previous printout.....it suggests that the camber should be -0.80.....whereas this printout suggests -0.32? Either way......the first printout showed the camber bucked on one side (after the bump) possibly leaning to damaged bottom arm The second printout was after top...

Right....just back from a different tyre place. Popped it on the alignment and the guy immediately noted that the steering was ever so slightly out. He advised that if this was just a bottom arm swap and it put the car out of alignment, then it would very much suggest that the previous arm...

Could a pothole do the same? ANy checks on that or is it going to be to miniscule to see/measure? J

Fair point on the camber bud....i did raise it before but it wasn't really flagged. If you look at both of my charts....the pass. side camber is roughly a degree out from the driv. side. Note, the pass. side took the hit. Secondly....the first chart shows only the pass. side out.......the...

97 3/4" center to center That sound about right? More importantly.....the same J

Sorry bud.......that top image, that looks like the bolt going through the wishbone.....correct? J

Ok bud....better :) I am getting it aligned again tomorrow (hunter style) just to get the figures after all was replaced. With regards to the sub-frame "wear".....I am assuming a bang could be responsible for that, yeah? Did you just pull all the subframe bolts in turn and look for shift...

:( Dont want to sell this wee bus J

ok boss...........right now, ill try anything. Will give it a go tonight

BTW, chip "Measure the distance from the centreline of the two wheels on each side? (see if the shell is bent)" You mean corner to corner diagonally right? J

Right....for the benefit of this post, can you just assume that i put everything in correctly? You never know, someone might just learn something and the thread might be useful for someone in the future. I mean ffs.......of all the things in cars, I will be the first to admit that all of the...

Replaced just last week before the alignment check buddy. :/

Was sitting on this one for a while but yeah, its still annoying me. That was a pathetic response...........this is a technical section, i am trying my best to learn and understand what is wrong with the car. Nothing that needed done to the suspension has required a specialist, so why would i...

Right chaps.....sorry for the delay. Ok, this started way at the beginning of this year when we had the terrible snow and the roads (well over here in NI) were utterly destroyed. Car was already a bit loose and i was putting this down to the worn Uniroyals at that time. Wifey was driving the...

Brilliant. Thanks

Right, really not the outcome i was hoping for :( Bottom arms replaced with genuine Renault items......(R8200257956 & R8200257957) and were the same ones as originally fitted to car. Makes sense being a late 03. I also replaced both rear shocks for brand new Renault items (8200662257). Had to...

More castor versions or no? I'll never be near a track and just want it factory fresh

I am almost fully aroused at the prospects of the above conversations :)

^ Plan. Cheers buster

Will do bud.....dont get me wrong, it goes like f so i dont have any cause for concern really Just all this talk makes me paranoid. fkn french cars :P J

^^ see this.....thats my problem. Renault didnt change the dephaser.....granted, i didnt ask......but surely that would be a problem for their work too

Brill.....i know it wont fix the scrubbing of the tyres but looking forward to improved handling. Its a nice wee job too :)

Sorry to pounce on a thread.......my timing was done by Renault (dont say it) a couple of years ago and back then the car felt different afterwards. I did send it back telling them this and they apparently checked it and said it was fine. I am paranoid about the work they did now though. Tell...

I have high hopes for the outcome here bud :) I miss the way the car used to be.......i used to go out JUST for a run down country roads Right now, I am cautious driving down the motorway

cheers chaps......this could very well be a candidate but either way, new front arms will go in with the joints already on and if that doesnt fix it.....i will be utterly lost oh, and just splashed out for new rear shocks too so that will be everything replaced