[Dr. G]

So my car started to handle like crap and I always wondered wtf was going on when taking an aggressive left turn.

I ended up finding what seemed like a loose control arm bolt so I loosened up everything on the suspension, loaded it all up and then retightened and WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE.

The car feels much much better now and is way tighter up front. Can't believe I had been driving around like that.

Moral: Check your suspension for loose components!

[DC_Oldboy]

Whoa that's interesting. So when you said handles like crap, can you give me an example? Like does the car wobble on a turn or what? Thanks.

[Yvette]

what exactly did you lossen up??

[DC_Oldboy]

Wait a minute.. Had to read your post again..

So you 'loosened' or 'tighten' the bolt? I'm confused lol..

[mike-y]

Originally Posted by DC_Oldboy

Wait a minute.. Had to read your post again..

So you 'loosened' or 'tighten' the bolt? I'm confused lol..

he loosened everything (not just the single loose bolt), then retightened everything with the suspension loaded.

[DC_Oldboy]

Originally Posted by mike-y

he loosened everything (not just the single loose bolt), then retightened everything with the suspension loaded.

LOL I must be on crack today.. Thanks for the clarification.

[Dr. G]

Car rattles a lot less now that everything is torqued to spec.

Originally Posted by DC_Oldboy

Whoa that's interesting. So when you said handles like crap, can you give me an example? Like does the car wobble on a turn or what? Thanks.

Ahhh, I suck at describing this kind of stuff in words haha. In daily driving the one thing that I noticed the most was how the car didn`t feel tight on left turns and I felt like the steering wasn`t connected with the car exactly.

I would turn left and then kind of right before the end of the turn have to cut the steering a bit more left, it wasn`t exactly understeer it was kind of as if there was a dead spot in the steering wheel. Pointing the car car straight after a turn was odd too, it kind of felt like it would wobble a bit before pointing straight.
I don`t really know how to put it into words haha, but the car didn`t feel "planted" and "like it's on rails" like people on these forums love to say.

Now that I've confused you more I'll just say that I could tell something was different in comparison to how the car used to be, the car didn't point where I wanted it to.

Originally Posted by e90sexion

what exactly did you lossen up??

Upper Control arm to the subframe connection was loose so rather than tightening up just one bolt and checking if my problem goes away I decided to loosen up all the bolts on the drivers side suspension and then torque it all to spec. This way I wouldn't have to keep going back and checking for more loose stuff.

Originally Posted by mike-y

he loosened everything (not just the single loose bolt), then retightened everything with the suspension loaded.

mike-y always knows the deal when it comes to suspension haha.

[DC_Oldboy]

Haha thanks for the reply G. I just got confused for a sec with e90sexion's post when he said the word 'loosen' but it's just one of those days for me lol..