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troyrotor
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Post by troyrotor »

is this standard lock???
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Post by archangel62 »

Not sure by eyeballing, either full lock or a bit extra.

Daz, those might get a bit friendly on the LCA but I reckon they'd be okay. They'd be fine on the outer side. If you run into trouble, 10mm slip-ons would do it, bu I'd try as is. You can always grind down they lock stoppers in really small stages, and stop when it's about to hit anything :)

Basically theres two sides you have to worry about:

Too high offset/too much inner wheel width = rim hits lower control arm
Too low offset/too much outer wheel width = tyre outer shoulder hits A-pillar.

I want to find fabrication fixes for both of the above so I can take the lock even further, but for most people, look at the clearances in these places, fit the lock spacers, and grind in small stages to make sure nothing hits :) it's easy as!
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Post by Gene FJ20DEBT »

any picks of before and after?
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Post by archangel62 »

Here are some "before" pics of note:

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This is the secondary lock stopper. Cut or grind back where my index finger is, on the lower control arm. Do it in stages and check clearance as you go, it's best not to go further than you have to. Try not to heat up the work piece too much. 10 minute job though, easy as pie.


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The tab hits the lower control arm, so take back the lower control arm a bit.


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This is it at standard full lock. In this instance it's turning as the "OUTSIDE" wheel. Sorry about the blur.


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Stock lock. Again, this is it as the "outside" wheel.


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Remove this boot, then remove the steering arm from the rack to fit the lock spacer. Next time i fit some i'll take a proper pic.


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Turning the other direction now, so now the "INSIDE" wheel. This is stock clearance at full lock from brake caliper to lower control arm. The bolt isnt quite as close as it looks.


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Inside wheel clearance again, caliper to lower control arm (stock).


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And one more pic, inside wheel, stock.


LABELLED

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The depth of the cut/grind is approximate, but this is (roughly) where to do it.


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This is fairly high res, if you click and hit "fullsize" it shows you some more detail. NOTE that this is the opposite side to all the other pics, sorry for the confusion.


AFTER:

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Sorry it's not a close-up, I'll take more pics when I get the chance. Just have a look near the swaybar links at what I've cut away. It's pretty minimal, the idea is to make it so the lock stopper tab is only like 1mm from hitting at full lock, so it's still there as a backup if you bend it good.
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Post by benc33 »

eli have u got a picture of your car on lock????
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