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Old 08-31-24, 11:12 AM
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Rear subframe adjustment

Hello all,
After I installed wheel spacers on my car, I noticed that the left and right wheels stick out at different distances.
According to carvx, my car is accident-free and I couldn't find any traces of an accident.
I tried to find the cause by measuring, and it looks like the rear subframe is slightly misaligned. I'm 100% sure that the cause are not the control arms.
We're talking about 5 millimeters (~ 0.19 inch) measured against measuring points on the bodywork.

Since the subframe sits on the alignment pins on the chassis, the question is whether anything can be adjusted here?

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Originally Posted by DaveW
In This thread it is a wrecked car. My car had no accident. I checked to whole Body. I even checked the paint thickness of the whole car.
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Originally Posted by Slash200
In This thread it is a wrecked car. My car had no accident. I checked to whole Body. I even checked the paint thickness of the whole car.
all it takes is someone sliding out and smacking a curb to bend it and throw off the alignment.
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Originally Posted by Slash200
Hello all,
After I installed wheel spacers on my car, I noticed that the left and right wheels stick out at different distances.
According to carvx, my car is accident-free and I couldn't find any traces of an accident.
I tried to find the cause by measuring, and it looks like the rear subframe is slightly misaligned. I'm 100% sure that the cause are not the control arms.
We're talking about 5 millimeters (~ 0.19 inch) measured against measuring points on the bodywork.

Since the subframe sits on the alignment pins on the chassis, the question is whether anything can be adjusted here?

br
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Originally Posted by DaveW
That thread listed most of the items that you should check. Start by swapping the wheels side to side and front to back to eliminate a difference in wheel offset and tire sizing.
Good luck.
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