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Just bought an X5 complete kit plus the X5 squared upgrade Lesro.
I'm enjoying the build (mmmmm, the smell of dremelled plastic....) but I have some questions as I've not got experience of the XX4 base car. For some reason my kit has rear suspension wishbones that look quite different from the pictures in the instructions. Instead of having just one set of holes for the outboard upright to be hinge-pinned into (as per the kit photos) it has two sets! If I use the outer set of holes the drive shafts are too short and the car is illegally wide! If I use the inner set then the drive shafts are the right length and the car width is legal. So I'm guessing I need to use the inner pair but by pulling the upright inboard and using these holes the end of the suspension arm fouls inside the wheel. I'm tempted just to dremel-off the end of the wishbone but just wanted to double check I wasnt doing anything too dim... ...Also, my rear suspension arms have L & R written on them as well as the words GRAPHITE. The kit instructions say I need to have the word GRAPHITE facing forwards, if I do this then I'll have the the wishbone marked L on the right hand side of the car, is this right... Finally, the kit came with2 deg caster & 3deg toe-in suspension pivot blocks (A2213), do people really run 3deg of toe-in, it looks huge? And, do I need to run the wedges under the fronts as standard or only if it's really bumpy? Hope someone out there can help. Mark |
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if you look at the car from the rear instead of the front left becomes left and right becomes right
yes bremmel cut of the out side hole on the wishbones 3 degress is pretty much stc on most cars but we run o degree anti squat and 3 toe in
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they are the VLA (variable Length Arms) off the XXX-CR kits, and the wishbones need to be mounted L left and R right, I assume the instructions are out of date.
Try the website of XFactory for new manual.
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Thanks guys, just logged back on and seen your replies. All sorted now and looking forward to seeing what this machine can do.
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Guy's,
I bought the schumacher battery strap for the 2 cells on the left hand side, I've seen them fitted to other cars (Ellis Stafford etc) but when I fit it using the predrilled chassis holes the strap seems to be either too long or too short, there is no cross-piece at just the right point. What do people do? Do they drill a new hole further back in the chassis to hold it? Cheers, Mark |
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I use these battery straps on both sides. I used the original holes and they fit fine. Not sure why yours don't seem right. They can be fairly tight when new, or is it quite a bit out?
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Hi Tom,
There a way out, they look more likely to fit 3 cells in a saddle pack arrangement... Maybe there's more than one type of Schumacher strap... Is the barbed fitting supposed to be straight-up or wrapped around the cells as it grabs onto the long strap? Mark |
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