I'm about to do an install and wondering is anyone has done it before and how satisfying the results were. If no one has done it I plan to make a write up with before and after pictures and steering angle increase results.

 

Why?

 

maybe for drifting?

 

Possibly correct the steering geometry on a lowered car?

 

^ there is more than enough adjustment to get over 1/2" toe in/out...how much could you need

 

^Not toe. Moving the tierod up or down. I don't know, we haven't seen these yet.

 

The reason is I reach full lock way too quickly when drifting and i want more angle to look better and reduce the chance of spinning out.

 

i thought the agency power/evo-r rear endlinks were height adjustable?

 

it has nothing to do with endlinks, and nothing to do with the rear of the car.

Tie rod spacers are there to give you more steering angle so you can drift bigger angles.

Check out his other thread to see what I mean.

 

Here is the results. Took less than an hour to install and a good 20 minutes to trying to eye ball the tie rods.

Before


After

 

Who makes the tie rods and how much?

 

Still don"t see how they don"t change the toe?

 

Poweredbymax makes them for only 10$. They also make knuckles and other great custom parts for really cheap. They are based in San Diego.

www.Poweredbymax.net

 

you're not suppose to add these without the rest of the upright/control arm kit that puts the steering arm further outboard, by itself the spacer accomplishes nothing ...

 

They do add steering angle. I don't how your going to tell me that when the results are right in front of me.

 

The spacers that go between the steering rack and the inner tie rod can increase the steering angle. The way it works is that the spacer is small enough that it slides inside of the rack, allowing you to turn the wheel further before hitting the stop with the inner tie rod end.

Assuming there are enough threads on the tie rod, you can fix the jacked up toe this will cause, but you will have less threads making contact between the rack and inner tie rod, which is a bad thing. A more proper solution IMO would be new inner tie rods.

 

You don't get something for nothing here, because moving the tie rod inner outward also affects bump steer.

 

Yup. The tires will toe-in over bumps because of this mod. Unless you're a hard-core drifter, there isn't a lot of point to this. I've never had a hard time making a U-turn or getting into a parking spot in my 8

 

Which is why it is recommended to use blue thread lock when installing.

Also I hit the track and drift at least once a month which is a lot. A very worthwhile mod in my honest opinion.