View Full Version : My impreza oversteer's like hell ?
Jspec
September 6th, 2006, 02:58 AM
I just installed Apexi coilovers last week, and got my car wheels balanced.
the car feels much faster than before in the corners, but when I push it to the limits, it over steers badly :ripped: even @ a speed of 80 km/h it dose that (( when I turn sharply ))
car is running on 17" wheels wiz 245/45 fedral tires, camber in the front is -2.5 and -1.5 at the rears ( Zero toe all around )
So what do you think of this, as you know it a 4wd car, and now it drives like F@#*ing rwd car !! :blink:
SAMoloGY
September 6th, 2006, 04:27 AM
its a 4wd car.. it should understeer!
do u have any strut bars installed? struts on a 4wd cause the car the oversteer.
Ottoman
September 6th, 2006, 08:25 AM
what stiffness are u running all around on the shocks?
try playing with them.. make the front stiffer and the back softer..
if u don't have Strut bars.. install one in the front
if u alreayd have 2... remove the rear one and leave only the front
ADM
September 7th, 2006, 03:32 PM
I just installed Apexi coilovers last week, and got my car wheels balanced.
the car feels much faster than before in the corners, but when I push it to the limits, it over steers badly :ripped: even @ a speed of 80 km/h it dose that (( when I turn sharply ))
car is running on 17" wheels wiz 245/45 fedral tires, camber in the front is -2.5 and -1.5 at the rears ( Zero toe all around )
So what do you think of this, as you know it a 4wd car, and now it drives like F@#*ing rwd car !! :blink:
You simply baught the wrong car. What you should have baught, was an Evo :naughty: j/k try getting the suspension back to the factory settings,well,in stiffness that is.
AmGT-R
September 7th, 2006, 04:00 PM
Stiffer is better (that sounded nasty)
-AmG-
Quarantine
September 7th, 2006, 06:14 PM
do you have any sway bars on the car....especially on the back? if so, the setting might be too stiff. Soften the sway bar at the back, and soften the coilover stiffness in the back too.
Jspec
September 7th, 2006, 08:38 PM
the car body is stock (( the only mods I have is coilovers only ))
I don't know, but I have some kinda a rear wheel bearing sound when I drive 70 km/h and above, could a bad rear wheel bearing be the issue here !
cuz all my wheels are wearing equally, but only the rear>right tire is wearing badly in one side !! (( the outter side ))
Quarantine
September 7th, 2006, 11:09 PM
what model year impreza do you have? could be torque converter causing this oversteer. Impreza's are known to have wheel bearing problem, but it can always be fixed.
Since you only have coilovers, I would assume they have a high spring rate. You need to adjust the damping force.
please let us know exactly what Apexi coilovers you have so we can provide further help. are they N-1 Damper Type ExV, N-1 Pro Damper , N-1 Type V Damper ?
Jspec
September 8th, 2006, 12:05 AM
didn't know that MT impreza have torque converter !!
I'm guessing you mean the DCCD,,,,, no I don't have that system in my car, so the torque split is 50:50.
anyway the coilovers I have are n1 type V damper.....
I'm pretty sure it has somthing to do with the right-rear wheel bearings, cuz that tire is wearing faster than the others !
Quarantine
September 8th, 2006, 01:49 AM
yes I meant DCCD........well check the bearing out. I dont know what else it could be
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