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s13beast
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Okay so my driver side rear wheel sits farther in than my passenger side wheel. wtf. nothing appears to be bent. And this is gunna jack up my wheel fitment in the future also. Any ideas? Also bh im rocking the riskey devil sticker i ordered a while back. thanks.

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maryjane
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someone tagged a curb.

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Felipe
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over fenders....

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Dire91
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Weird, the line looks off on the drivers side when you look at the door then the rear fender.

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s13beast
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Dire91 wrote:Weird, the line looks off on the drivers side when you look at the door then the rear fender.
Yes. Its called door sag. Vert door are like 30 pounds heavier that coupe and hatch doors so sometimes they sag. I have coupe doors now. i need new hinges. and apparently a new rear suspension.

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ChampaignSilviaS14
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Do you have any adjustable arms? RUCA's, Toe arms?

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Bad sticker placement.

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i240sx
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i agree..i though i was th only one...my driver front rim is out more then my passanger... my passanger rear is out more then my driver rear...my previous 240 also had this problem..i think its a 240 think...

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s13beast
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ChampaignSilviaS14 wrote:Do you have any adjustable arms? RUCA's, Toe arms?
Nope.
ViolentRunning13 wrote:Bad sticker placement.
Sorry to disapoint....

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Tsukiko
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check your rear upper arms. There are camber bolts at the inside ends. i had this issue a long time ago then realized some a$$ set the camber differently before i bought the car. I wouldn't be surprised if your camber is slightly off on one side.

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OM3GA
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Check all the arms, LCA, RUCA, check the toe rod and traction rod check all that stuff back there and make sure nothing is bent. Your subframe could be bent but that is really hard to do so i doubt its that. Also do as mentioned before and get your alignment checked out you may be worried about something that is visual. I know the front of my cars camber is the same however the wheels arent the same flushness on both sides (not extremely noticeable but still lol)

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S13Teddy
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It's like that on all 240sxs. The subframe is offset I believe. My car is also like that, but hitting curbs surely doesn't help.

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TimTurboZ
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i240sx wrote:i agree..i though i was th only one...my driver front rim is out more then my passanger... my passanger rear is out more then my driver rear...my previous 240 also had this problem..i think its a 240 think...
My pass front is like 6mm more to the outside than my driver. My friend who works on alot of 240's at his shop says this is very common. He thinks Nissan's build process was a lil flawed. Mabye yours is the same issue (obviously opposite side tho) not sure on those rears tho

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idk .. but i heard that all cars have a slight natural lean to them.. thats how all cars are built because all of our roads and streets have a lean to them too. so i figure the wheels on one side are in a little.

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ChampaignSilviaS14
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Being that low you need to have adjustable arms, at the least RUCA's and Toe arms.

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s13beast
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ChampaignSilviaS14 wrote:Being that low you need to have adjustable arms, at the least RUCA's and Toe arms.
Yes sir. I didnt know so many s13s were like this. Ive owned 4 and this has been the only one. If i get the pbm RUCAs and all that jazz, would i be able to push that wheel at some? Its really bothering me.

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sooo let me guess

you got some JDM tyte coils and now wonder why the car sits funny?

u might of heard of it.

alignment

u need one badly


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ChampaignSilviaS14
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s13beast wrote: Yes sir. I didnt know so many s13s were like this. Ive owned 4 and this has been the only one. If i get the pbm RUCAs and all that jazz, would i be able to push that wheel at some? Its really bothering me.
Yes, its called camber.

You are going to need toe arm's too to get a proper alignment. Factory toe arms can't go far enough to match that camber and it will eat away your tires.

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s13beast
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hbpignosePA wrote:sooo let me guess

you got some JDM tyte coils and now wonder why the car sits funny?

u might of heard of it.

alignment

u need one badly
It had one not long before i bought it.

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Salem240
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Mine was similar & I replaced the subframe with a known straight one and got some spl solid aluminum bushings and now its only like 3mm to the pass. side, which is natural for 240s. The previous owner of my car ran it off in a ditch on the driver side and the SF didn't "looK" bent, but did when I compared it with the good one. Also didn't help that the driver side rear rubber bushing was blown out cause of it... hope this helps

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Hot stickers for sure.


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