X5 Newbie help please

[dentmaster]

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