WTB Rear adjustable toe arms

[jhandy]

you will need toe arms. anyone who does this will.

Alingment is not the issue, it is the camber / toe settings.

the boxster's rear geometry is such that the camber and the toe settings are married so to speak.

what will happen if you dont have them is that you will have to sacrifice one or the other.

camber is more important than toe angle so that if you DONT use new arms, if you set the correct camber you will be very toe out and will chew up tires like nuts.

If you set the toe correctly, the camber will be to little and the car will handle like crap.

I used the tarret arms. You can also use the GT3 porsche racing toe arms. they are more expensive.

I bought the blue cheap ebay ones first and the knuckle was too large to fit into my wheel rims and I had to pay @ 400 for the tarret.

Good luck, and at 200+ each for rear tires, you will be saving a bundle to do it correctly from the start.

[manolo]

I should have been more specific, I had the alignment, toe and camber set. For the life of me I can't remember what he set them to but apparently it was not wacked out and within spec.

That being said, I leave the suspension specs to the professionals as while I am not afraid to turn a wrench, I am not a suspension tuner and would probably tune myself backwards!!

At $400 a set I havent been able to get enthusiastic about getting the tarrets and I don't trust the cheapo ones. I guess if I eat through tires I will re-evaluate it but I've got about 5k on the new rears now and so far so good.

[jhandy]

as for the tires, they will look fine on 90% of the tread. Look for the inside wear in a strip of about 1 inch. the outside of my wheels had great rubber, but the inside was showing belt.

It might be because I have a factory M030 setup, and the car rides a little low from the start. The lower you go, the more screwed up it gets without a longer tie rod.

It is just impossiable not to happen. Stick your head under the rear of the car and you will quickly understand why. you cant change one without the other.

[Lobo1186]

how do you know if you have MO3O suspension? other than the hood sticker? does it look different?

[jhandy]

It is stiffer, and rides a little lower than stock.

[blackbox]

My car is a 2002 S. How do I know if I will need the adjustable toe arms? Sounds like I should get them anyway for insurance.

[mts]

Where can one purchase the Tarret rear toe arms?