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Ibiza Cupra Handling problems

dobs5

Guest
I have been suffering some bad handling problems, in a straight line the steering is very twitchy and is hugely affected by bumps in the road. Through corners it is better but still "odd" feeling.

I have had the following changed:
Front wishbones and poly bushes
Front dampers (from ECP)
Front top mounts
Front ball joints
Tracking and camber checked and adjusted twice
All associated bolts changed / torqued.
All tire pressures are correct

It feels almost like the subframe is moving - is this possible? I have always noticed some rear beam movement when driving over rumble strips, could this affect the front end feel like this?

I am running Toyo Proxes T1R's.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
Oct 17, 2006
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Walthamstow
Ive got similar problems - when im drivin, it just feels like it wants to grip the road randomly - it will pull left, then right sometimes - i havnt replaced anything as you done but due to get tracking checked -
 

dobs5

Guest
Hi Bill,

Had first adjustment done with printout but they could only adjust tracking so camber/castor was out (Rear toe was oddly 1° out too). Had most recent done at the stealers when serviced and they don't provide a print out (don't centre the steering wheel either)!

I was a little concerned that the dampers Euro sold me were wrong - although they appeared the same (shaft size etc) I wondered if they had a different damping rate, would this cause this problem?
 
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