Loss of drivability after lowering car

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Old May 5, 2011 | 01:36 PM
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Unhappy Loss of drivability after lowering car

Here is the situation,

On April 18th I've installed Tein SS coilovers(dropped about 2 inches), I got the car aligned on the 20th with my summer tires w/o a camber kit

I was fully enjoying my ride until I got to drive it under wet conditions. Every time I take it and it rains, it feels like the rear of the car is playing from left to right baddly at highway speed only and it scares me!!!

I've check the car and there is no loose parts/bushings.

Here are my aligment specs in degree:
Front: Left Right
Camber -.056 -.093
Caster 3.01 3.44
Toe -0.01 -0.01

Rear:
Camber -2.30 -2.71
Toe 0.62 0.71

In the Acura Service manual, the specs are in mm. The rear toe-in should be IN 2-+2mm

On internet I found an toe-in calculator from degree to mm. So if the calculator is right, my rear toe with stock wheels would be around 10mm witch is way out of limit, but the Garage say that the toe in degree is within limits and that felling is due to too much camber..........


What do you guys think about that, should I got to acura dealer to get it align again or buy a camber kit for the rear?????
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Old May 5, 2011 | 05:03 PM
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To me the rear looks toed out and that might make it hunt like your describing.
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Old May 16, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Jesstzn
To me the rear looks toed out and that might make it hunt like your describing.
Yep, you're exactly right. Same thing happened to me after I lowered my car the first time. I was driving from NH back to CT and everything was good until it started to rain.......I thought I was going to die because the rear end was so squirrely. But thats what happens in the rain when one wheel wants to go one way, and one wants to go another.....
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Old May 16, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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The alignment spec I have from Acura was a max of .30 degrees out on each wheel, or a total of .60 degrees max for both. Looks like you're at 1.33 degrees, more than double and along with the camber at -2.30 and -2.71 doesn't make for a good combination.
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Old May 17, 2011 | 08:18 AM
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Now I'm rocking the roads

You guy's were right!!!!

I went to my Acura dealer to get the car realigned, they found that both Rear lower control arm bolts were seized in the bushings, so when they tried to adjusted the rear toe, the bushing were cracking.

I got the car realigned after those arms been replaced.

Now I can fully enjoy my ride.
I cannot wait to go on the next Track day !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old May 17, 2011 | 10:44 AM
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Mine is lowered 2 and a half inches,i have a ingalls rear camber kit
Its a nice investment
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