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My tC like to roll on 3 wheels... (video)

Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:30 AM
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Default My tC like to roll on 3 wheels... (video)

after doing drop and hotckis sway bars i noticed when i go up ramps i get a teater tot motion... im actualy lifting my rear wheel when the weight transfers, so i had my friend get a video of it. Sorry its night time but you get the full effect!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=50n-a-yT0EM

Anyone else experience this with the hotckis sways? BTW i love them!
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:32 AM
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nice
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RedLine_tC
nice
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:35 AM
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Thats sick.....i have never seen that until now
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:36 AM
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kinda hard to see from the dark video but nice! haha
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 01msmis
kinda hard to see from the dark video but nice! haha
im going to get another vid when i get a chance... it lifts up about 6" in this location.. i realized this after doing the lip.. i go up ramps diagonally so i dont scrape.
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by RedLine_tC
nice
x2
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:40 AM
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yea my tc does that too lol i've got full trd suspesnsion and whenever i go up my driveway my wheel comes off the ground and my front tires slip lol sometimes i can't even get up it lol
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:42 AM
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OH EM GEE. That's so rice yo.
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:43 AM
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Im must be blind I watched it 5 times and didnt see anything, Get some daytime vids.
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mospeedtc
Im must be blind I watched it 5 times and didnt see anything, Get some daytime vids.
youll see the car tilt toward the left once i start going up the ramp and the back right wheel stops completely for a second till it hits again.
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:05 AM
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yeah mine does the same thing with my hotchkis springs and sways... it surprised me a bit the first time it happened lol... but yeah anytime there is an incline I like to go at an angle so I don't scrape and I lift the rear wheel up too...
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:08 AM
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Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:11 AM
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oooo nice shot
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:13 AM
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^ I still dont see anything. How is that pic suppose to help JK Nice
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:15 AM
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dog legging lol
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:17 AM
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snoop dogg would be proud.
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:29 AM
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so why does this happen?
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:35 AM
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it always happens to me whenever i go up my driveway.
Old Feb 11, 2008 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by SoleLaced
so why does this happen?

tight sway bars reduce the amout of travel in the suspension from side to side

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