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WIM and off centre steering wheel
« on: 02 February 2013, 19:07:22 »
Tony himself set up the car so obviously done correctly but car is not driving straight. It needs a fair bit of correction and wheel is off centre which is annoying.

If I'm honest it drives no better than before.  :-\

Maybe I had too high expectations
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #1 on: 02 February 2013, 19:18:15 »
Couple of thoughts... Did you get new tyres too or are they tyres that have worn from the old setup? If the latter then they can ruin the handing for the remainder of their life and will continue to wear according to the pattern that has begun.

Second one is that you may need to return ::)
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #2 on: 02 February 2013, 19:22:12 »
New tyres fitted too
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #3 on: 02 February 2013, 19:25:54 »
Quote from: SMD on 02 February 2013, 19:22:12
New tyres fitted too

In that case you need to speak with Tony and get it back ASAP :y

Was the geometry wildly out or fairly close before he started?
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #4 on: 02 February 2013, 19:30:46 »
I'll put the geometry details later tonight.

I give Tony a call on Monday
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #5 on: 02 February 2013, 19:35:34 »
Do they not test drive the car ? Langs in Bolton did with mine :-\
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #6 on: 02 February 2013, 19:42:59 »
No they didn't. Maybe its just me being fussy.

IIRC, gixer isn't that far from WIM. Maybe I should get a second opinion before I make a fool out of myself in front of Tony
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #7 on: 02 February 2013, 19:53:14 »
Rumour has it that it costs a hundred notes to take an Omega here.......Can it possibly be worth it? :-\ 
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #8 on: 02 February 2013, 19:55:06 »
Quote from: Opti on 02 February 2013, 19:53:14
Rumour has it that it costs a hundred notes to take an Omega here.......Can it possibly be worth it? :-\

The Rumour is wrong then ;) ;)

Is it worth it... Yes, if it's right you can really notice the difference :y :y
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #9 on: 02 February 2013, 19:56:48 »
Quote from: Lazydocker on 02 February 2013, 19:55:06
Quote from: Opti on 02 February 2013, 19:53:14
Rumour has it that it costs a hundred notes to take an Omega here.......Can it possibly be worth it? :-\

The Rumour is wrong then ;) ;)

Is it worth it... Yes, if it's right you can really notice the difference :y :y



How much, Mr Lazydocker?
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #10 on: 02 February 2013, 20:02:17 »
£60+VAT

Do the math  :)
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #11 on: 02 February 2013, 20:08:18 »
ive just contacted wim for numbers for geometry set up so a company near me who sets up porshe and lotus can set mine up,i too have now got an off set steering wheel since my tracking was set up twice not going back there,this was after replaceing a new top mount that failed at 1 year and 7300 miles but i was very careful to not move geo on strut, so think the tracking caused the cock up and shes not right to drive now,she sits 40 mm lower than standard elite think thats where the tracking prob has come frome its been set to factory and shes far from that lol. on winding a roads feels like shes trying to tuck in on corners. :o
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #12 on: 02 February 2013, 21:05:24 »
Did you tell them it was lowered 40mm though? It makes a difference ;)

WIM can and do normally get it right. There are many members who have been there and had a perfect set up, TB included, and only a hand full who have had unsatisfactory results.

To SMD, I stand by what I said... Contact Tony on Monday and I'm sure he'll suggest having another look ;)
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #13 on: 02 February 2013, 21:34:20 »
I went to wims after daz put my springs and shocks. (30mm dropped)I ended up with a off centred steering wheel. I took it back and he straightened it.At no charge. I still wasnt happy with the way it drove and somebody adviced speaking to Kevin wood and getting the power assistance turned down. I did this and the car now drives prity good. It still tram lines a bit but I put that down to the 2mm left on the front tyres.
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Re: WIM and off centre steering wheel
« Reply #14 on: 02 February 2013, 22:16:33 »
Quote from: pauls on 02 February 2013, 21:34:20
I went to wims after daz put my springs and shocks. (30mm dropped)I ended up with a off centred steering wheel. I took it back and he straightened it.At no charge. I still wasnt happy with the way it drove and somebody adviced speaking to Kevin wood and getting the power assistance turned down. I did this and the car now drives prity good. It still tram lines a bit but I put that down to the 2mm left on the front tyres.

Undoubtedly that will make a difference ;)

As for turning the assistance down... Good point. If the assistance is set too high it can have strange results
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