i damaged my car when i lowered it too much help please

[thrasherx89]

alright, soooo....i lowered my car and i totally forgot about what it does to the suspension

i got tein super drifts on the car along with adjustable, rear toe, traction and upper control arms, i got it so that the camber isnt so negative

when i dropped it down im sure i messed soemthing up got it to les schwab to do an allignment, he says he wont touch it because their is play in my front and that it was too low(slammed like crazy)

so i raised them to full height and he says thats high enough to allign but i need to fix my front

when i turn my wheel all the way to the right and play with it, he says their is too much play i think in the ball joint on the inner tie rod, also i can hear it pop when i drive it and tur the wheel

i think i need to replace the inner tie rods correct? thats what gets damaged when you super slam a car without correction, can anybody help me with info on this?

and could it be anything else? i think their is some up and down play which i hope isnt the rack

thanks everybody and yes im an idiot

[Drifterxxl]

Here is a couple off things to try. Jack up the front of your car to test your tie rods, grab the tire on the left and right and try to shake it from side to side if you notice any play then you have some bad tie rods to determine whether its the inner or outer try putting you hand on the inner and repeat if you notice or see movement then you inner's are bad.

If I were you I would look to find a shop that has an in ground alignment lift to do lowered vehicles. Your alignment angles change when ever you raise or lower your car

Hope that helps you.

[thrasherx89]

thanks alot that does help, gonna test them today and replace them today if i can get the part from pnp or if not from kragen and try to adjust my rear camber as much as i can

i didnt know there was a special way they alligned lowered cars so that is good to know

[thrasherx89]

ok so i looked at my car this morning and i did the tests that you all told me about and pulled on the inner tie rod as well and determined that the outer tie rods on both sides are fine and even the boot is fine on them.the drivers side inner tie rod had no play while the passenger side did have alot of pay, so went to pick and pull and got me a passenger side inner tie rod that had no play

as well as some z32 inner tie rods for later

and put it on today with no play, i tried to match it up exactly to the one before it and i say it is pretty close

i dont think i have any bad toe in or out action going on, no way to tell unless drive i guess

does anybody know how to calibrate toe?

and everything else seemed to be fine

although the ball joint boot at on the lower control arms are busted open and dosnt seem to have any play though do you think that lowering the car so much could have damaged the lower control arm ball joint???

thanks everybody for all the help!! i found a place with a level ramp to do my alignment on my lowered car, gotta hurry up and get aftermarket outers before i even bother