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Cooper

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I don't know a lot about alignments and such but see below a scanned report from my 3.0i with lowered ///M sports suspension as she went in. The front has been corrected but as you know the back cannot be tampered with easily. Any comments are most welcome. Look at the dif between the L and R TOE. Damn! :( Should I be worried?

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NZ00Z3

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Your car may have had a wack on the right trailing arm. They do bend.

The toe reduces and can go negative when the suspension compresses, so lowering the rear end will reduce the positive toe on the left side.
 

GazHyde

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As above, a whack could cause this. Also with the work you've been doing recently have you inspected the rear beam bushes for deterioration?
 

Cooper

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As above, a whack could cause this. Also with the work you've been doing recently have you inspected the rear beam bushes for deterioration?
I have spent a lot of time under there and there is no sign of any damage in the past - the underside is in remarkable condition :) I will check out the bushes though and I suspect I might just have to drop the whole thing and replace all the bushes. I have receipts for the trailing arm bushes but everything else is original. I got a mechanic to check them out and he used a crow bar to apply pressure and look for deterioration with none found - but that doesn't mean they are good! Hehe. If I go to that extent I will probably buy the weld in toe and camber adjustment kit x 2 and do it properly :)
 
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