Thread: Coupe Alignment
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Old 02-10-2014, 11:15 AM
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If you look from the front at your (front) suspension, draw a line from upper control arm inner mounting point to lower control arm inner mounting point. Do the same for the outside points.

Your tie rod pivot points should sit on those lines - or give the same length as if sitting there. Essentially imagine in the letter "A", the "-" being your tie rod (seen from the front).

If the pivot point of the tie rod is positioned further out, then it must also end further out at the steering arm by the same amount.

And your steering should sit that the tie rod is level.

Looking from the top, you want the steering arms pointing a bit forward. That should give you acceptable Ackermann steering angle. But don't worry about that too much. Hard to change anyway.
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