Suspension/Brake Question(s)

[camrtm3]

Yesturday I put on my new AT Italia Nidos onto my car. Fits like a glove, no rubbing in the front steering well at all. I was warned by tirerack.com that there was an issue with the rear well had some rubbing problems if you lowered it and put stuff in the trunk. I was looking for some coilovers that would lower it by about one inch and be stiff enough so that the rear will not drop and rub the tires if say worst case, I have about 200 pounds of rock salt in the truck and I have three people sitting in the back seat (about 180-250 pounds)? Will these D2s do the trick or do I need something else?

http://www.andysautosport.com/toyota.../coilovers/d2/

With that, I was also warned with bigger wheels there is more weight on the suspension. Is there anything I need to replace to compensate for this added weight or is the stock suspension strong enough that it will not make that much of difference?

And while I was on my way home I noticed after my first forward stop that the there was a heavy metal on metal noise coming from the front of the car (single quick bang noise). I thought that it was the brakes sliding in their mounts, but I'm not sure yet. Is this sound normal with bigger wheels or should it be checked out? (sound has continued on first fowrard stop after a braking stop in reverse, sound is not generated in first reverse stop)

Also I thought it was appropriate to introduce my camry now that I have it back from the shop after its accident with a lady and her camry in a parking garage, and its new wheels. And I would like to thank the person on this thread that was asking everyone which wheels to get and introducing me to the AT Italia Nido. (was comparing between them and some Enkei's) Sorry I just don't remember that person's name.



Picture is of the side that was damaged from the accident.

[camrtm3]

Anyone?

[Venom_5]

you can get D2 or KSport coilovers for cheaper ... they are the same company, and a lot of us have KSports

[camrtm3]

Ok, I was able to fully test my new wheels and tires today with my daily trip to class to and from PA. In total about 70 miles for the full round trip. Everything was normal until I hit about 60 miles per hour and I found that the car was starting to shack violently. I already need to have one wheel rebalanced because the weights fell off, but is there something I can have them look for to try to find what is causing this problem. Or has anyone had this problem and know how to fix it. I dont want to make multiple trips to different shops to try and fix it. Please Help.

[eyeball96]

What size rims, tires and offset u runnin?

[camrtm3]

18 inches by 8 inches

[bigbird]

do you know the offset, like 40mm, 35mm, 50mm?

what size tire are you running?

the stiffer suspension will keep the car from bounding but even with the K-sports, you may have to roll your fenders to drop the car any because its a 8" wide wheel.

BTW, check your private message box.

[camrtm3]

Ok, please forgive me for what I'm about to say. Well you all know what size wheels I have, the 18 by 8's. The tire that is on it is a 225/40 R18. This tire is smaller then what tirerack recommended. Umm... I'm assuming that the offset is the is the piece between the rotor and the wheel, if that is the case it is the stock offset for the front and back wheels that came with the v6 XLE package. I don't know the size of it. There is no rubbing between the fender lip and the tire. From taking with some of the people that I know it sounds like the balancing is off and the allinement is not correct. Two things I forgot to mention to you all is that the balancing weights fell off of my front left wheel. But it was shacking before that so I guess it was sliping or something. also the alinement was so far off when I got it fixed that the computer couldnt even asign it a value it was so bad. I'm hoping that fixing the balance on the wheels and re-alining the wheels once more will go the trick. If there is anything else I should have them look at tomorrow while I'm there please tell me, I want to get this fixed once and not have to worry about it again.

[camrtm3]

Ok, up date on what happened. Went to where I got my tires put on on Saturday. Had then check the balances on each wheels, and check the alinement. The Wheels were all balanced incorrectly and the alinement was way off on everything. It was the same technision too, you all should of heard that manager give a speach to his employees that were there, there was at least 3 of the word f*** in each sentence.It was a good 15 minute speach too. To bad the dude that worked on my car wasnt there to hear it. Would like to thank you all for the help again !

[bigbird]

thats awesome. glad ya got it fixed.