inner and outer tie rods(toe in on one side other side straight)

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griz_s13
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Car: 1990 nissan 240sx

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hey you guys,
just recently installed circuit sports tie rods onto my s13 and noticed that my toe is in on the driver side(s13 tie rods). i adjusted both tie rods as much as possible to try and straighten it out and failed. also to mention i included the spacers as well. one side is straight the other side isn't.
now i am new to the s13 game(my project car to learn off of). trying to figure this stuff out on my own and did some research of my own but i was only able to find out that s14 tie rods would work better on s13. couldn't find a thread that talks on how to fix the toe issue.
checked on some tutorial videos on installation and i did everything correct. is there something that i missed? are driver and passenger side 2 different lengths?
help would be much appreciated


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centralcoaster33
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Car: 1997 Nissan 240SX #5
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If you add the spacers, then the ends of the arms are that much further apart from each other. So you'd have the end links to screw on further than they used to, to shorten the overall length between each end. Then you get an alignment. At least that's how I think it works. I haven't done it myself. Did you get the tie rod ends with the links?

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griz_s13
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Car: 1990 nissan 240sx

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I went to get it aligned yesterday and thats where they told me they are too long?
They are saying even if i take off the spacers they will still be too long and i need to go back to stock l. Anywho i know theres a way to make it work just dont know how. Im planning on taking off the spacers and see if that would work. Everything else in the front is all stock aside from coilovers

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centralcoaster33
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Maybe you can contact circuit sports and verify you have the correct parts? I know sometimes buying used of from Ebay, you can end up with similar parts for/ from the wrong car and they ultimately just don't fit. It's happened to me (not with these of course). There is also the smaller possibility that you have a different rack in your car that what was OEM.


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