Hi all.

I've got a strange issue I've never noticed before.
My car has had completely new front suspension (Everything replaced except the driveshafts & rollbar)
I've made the assemblies with various component brands.
It looks to me that the D/S wheel is further inside the wheelarch with a bit more camber. It also looks lower on the D/S?!
The car drives fine (except the PAS working on one side) and it tracks ok, not really pulling to either side with the wheel straight.

I had an interesting problem when I bought the wishbones. They came from the same supplier and they were both patent FAI brand, however they had completely different finishes and were slightly different lengths by about 7-10mm!!
I returned them and changed suppliers. The replacements came and were the same quality finish and the same length.
I got the uprights/hub carriers used from a breaker, had the bearings and hubs pressed out, then blasted and painted them.
Dampers are new Hart gas struts and springs are brand new Eibach Pro's and appeared the same length when I built them off the car.
The rear suspension is pretty knackered except for new Hart dampers and Eibach springs.

Is it possible that either of the hub carriers are bent at the 2 strut bolt points or that the wishbones are meant to be different lengths?

Will I only get answers from a professional lazer checkup?
Anyone had this done? ££?

The hub carriers are cast so will most likely snap and not bend, same for the lower arms.
Is the chassis straight? And are the wings the same/straight?
Both struts the same? Hub mounting holes drilled in the same place on struts?

You haven't missed on of the rubber spring thingys on the drive side have you?

Brooky said:

The hub carriers are cast so will most likely snap and not bend, same for the lower arms.

Is the chassis straight? And are the wings the same/straight?

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It could be the wing. The D/S wing does look a little more bulbous than the other but I don't know if that's an optical because the top of the wheel is cambered in?? Struts were identical when I built them.

Find a flat surface and drop a bob weight from each wheel centre in turn. Mark the points, remove the car and check that the diagonals are the same length and cross in the middle.

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Unsure on the wheel situation but @theblackbox and I were talking about this the other day,Cinqs have a lot of weight on the drivers side compared to the passenger side (Engine,battery,coolant tank,radiator,fuel filler,steering gear etc) as well as cinqs/seis usually being a one person vehicle usually have the Weight of a person on the drivers side! 99% of cinqs I have seen even when lowered have leant to the drivers side